white face

[john62]

Why does my face turn white when I run? Don't most
peoples' faces turn red? Please let me know some potential
reasons. Thanks.

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[Chronos]

The first thing that popped in to my mind is low blood
pressure.

john62@electronmail.com wrote:

> Why does my face turn white when I run? Don't most
> peoples' faces turn red? Please let me know some potential
> reasons. Thanks.
>

[Jorge]

Chronos wrote:

> The first thing that popped in to my mind is low blood
> pressure.

You mean like somebody donating blood when they were sick to
begin with?

>
>
> john62@electronmail.com wrote:
>
> > Why does my face turn white when I run? Don't most
> > peoples' faces turn red? Please let me know some potential
> > reasons. Thanks.
> >
> >

[Alex Brand]

On Thu, 8 Aug 2002 john62@electronmail.com wrote:

> Why does my face turn white when I run? Don't most
> peoples' faces turn red? Please let me know some potential
> reasons. Thanks.

You would probably have better luck finding an answer on an
exercise group. with that said, here's some speculation:

I have read that people who don't exercise don't have as much
blood as people who do. If you have plenty of blood, When you
exercise there is enough to feed the muscles and enough to
infuse the skin (turning the skin red) which helps cool the
body. If you don't have plenty of blood, the blood you do have
goes to the muscles, and there isn't enough left to infuse the
skin. It may be that you don't have enough blood, and when you
run, a large portion of it gets directed to your legs, and
reduces the amount that is normally going to your skin. If
this is really the problem, it will also make it difficult for
your body to cool itself down. Is that a problem for you? Alex

[Wuzzy]

john62@electronmail.com wrote in message
news:<3D532AD2.628AE148@electronmail.com>...
> Why does my face turn white when I run? Don't most
> peoples' faces turn red? Please let me know some potential
> reasons. Thanks.

The reason people turn red is that blood pools in the skin. I
believe this is mostly to compensate for heat. Reason I say
this that during dehydration blood pools in the skin and
people often faint from hypotension.

[Chronos]

wuzzy wrote:
> john62@electronmail.com wrote in message
> news:<3D532AD2.628AE148@electronmail.com>...
>
>>Why does my face turn white when I run? Don't most
>>peoples' faces turn red? Please let me know some potential
>>reasons. Thanks.
>
>
> The reason people turn red is that blood pools in the skin.
> I believe this is mostly to compensate for heat. Reason I
> say this that during dehydration blood pools in the skin and
> people often faint from hypotension.

This makes a lot of sense. The head can radiate 40% of the
body's heat. I'd have a GP doctor check you out.

[John]

What's a GP?

Chronos wrote:

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>
> wuzzy wrote:
>
>> john62@electronmail.com wrote in message
>> news:<3D532AD2.628AE148@electronmail.com>...
>>
>>> Why does my face turn white when I run? Don't most
>>> peoples' faces turn red? Please let me know some potential
>>> reasons. Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> The reason people turn red is that blood pools in the skin.
>> I believe this is mostly to compensate for heat. Reason I
>> say this that during dehydration blood pools in the skin
>> and people often faint from hypotension.
>
>
> This makes a lot of sense. The head can radiate 40% of the
> body's heat. I'd have a GP doctor check you out.

[Chronos]

It's a General Practitioner doctor. Usually the first doctor
you see when you're not feeling well.

john wrote:

> What's a GP?
>
> Chronos wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> wuzzy wrote:
>>
>>> john62@electronmail.com wrote in message
>>> news:<3D532AD2.628AE148@electronmail.com>...
>>>
>>>> Why does my face turn white when I run? Don't most
>>>> peoples' faces turn red? Please let me know some
>>>> potential reasons. Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The reason people turn red is that blood pools in the
>>> skin. I believe this is mostly to compensate for heat.
>>> Reason I say this that during dehydration blood pools in
>>> the skin and people often faint from hypotension.
>>
>>
>>
>> This makes a lot of sense. The head can radiate 40% of the
>> body's heat. I'd have a GP doctor check you out.
>