clammy skin
Cold moist epidermis
Clammy skin is skin that feels cool and moist to the touch, often with a slightly sticky quality.
The condition typically signals physical distress—shock, anxiety, nausea, or sudden drops in blood pressure: The patient's clammy skin indicated he was going into shock.
It results from cold sweat, where the body perspires while blood vessels constrict.
- sweatyMoist from exertion
- cold sweatFear-triggered perspiration
- coldLow temperature state
- dampSlightly wet
- paleLacking color intensity
deathly pale · chill · fever · nausea · faint · shock · medical emergency · pallor · moisture · sweat · dizzy · sick · anxiety · panic · fear · fight or flight · trembling · low blood pressure
- Unpleasant Sensationsloud noises, bitter taste, body odor, rotten smell, sticky hands
- hypoglycemiablood sugar crash, sugar crash, glucose, insulin shock, hypoglycemic
- vascular responsesvasodilation, vasoconstriction, flushing, blushing, pallor
- Cold Sensationschill, chills, shiver, shivers, shivering
- hangoversheadache, nausea, thirst, dry mouth, fatigue
- nauseaqueasiness, queasy feeling, queasy stomach, sick feeling, upset stomach