Experience: I’m allergic to the cold

My condition is severe, so I have to a keep close watch on my body temperature and can’t eat chilled foods In 2012, when I was 37, I started noticing that my fingers would get swollen and red whenever I held an iced drink.

I thought it was strange, but I didn’t know what was going on. Then the same thing would happen when I handled food from the fridge. My instinct was to put my hands under hot water, but that made…