Why would fingers feel cold when they’re warm?

Question: Why would fingers feel cold when they're warm?
- Keywords:
  human body,
  temperature
Asked by bubulis to Aggelos, Andrew, Eileen, Naomi, Shane on 14 Nov 2012.
- Naomi Elster answered on 14 Nov 2012:
  
  Because fingers and toes are furthest away from the heart, blood gets to them the last. Also, when we are cold we start to feel numb, so we may not think our fingers are cold but they will feel cold to another person. And when our body starts to get colder it reacts by pulling heat away from the fingers in order to keep our chest and brain warm. The idea is that if it comes to it, our fingers can be sacrificed to keep the rest of us alive, which is why people lose fingers and toes in frostbite more commonly than die of frostbite.
- Andrew Jackson answered on 14 Nov 2012:
  
  Naomi’s answer is a great one. I’m with her
- Eileen Diskin answered on 16 Nov 2012:
  
  Naomi has a good answer. I looked it up online, and found another possibility.
  
  We feel warm and cold sensations because of our nerves. And in some people, these nerves in our fingers can become damaged. When that happens, the signals that get sent to our brain (that tell us if we should be feeling ‘warm’ or ‘cold’) get confused. So that could explain why you might be feeling the wrong sensation!

Question: Why would fingers feel cold when they're warm?