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Cold Hands and Feet Symptoms of Raynaud's Phenomenon. Cold Hands and Feet. Raynaud's phenomenon refers to constriction of the blood vessels of the hands or feet in response to cold exposure. Raynaud's phenomenon causes white, then blue, then red-colored fingertips and toes and is often painful.
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Dental/Raynaud's Disease Connection Raynaud's phenomenon - Causes. Causes of Raynaud's. Raynaud's phenomenon is the result of over-sensitive blood vessels in the body's extremities. In many cases, no cause is identified, although it's sometimes linked to other health conditions. When your body is exposed to cold temperatures, the extremities, such as your fingers and toes, lose heat.
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- What is Raynaud's phenomenon?Raynaud's (say ray-NOHZ) phenomenon is a problem with blood flow. Your body doesn't send enough blood to your hands and feet, so they feel very cold and numb. In most cases, this lasts for a short time when your body overreacts to cold temperatures.
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- What are the symptoms of Raynaud's disease? During an episode of Raynaud's, the arteries constrict (become narrow). Blood does not flow well to the skin's surface and causes the skin to change from its normal color to blue (because of the lack of oxygen-rich blood). The skin may also feel numb and cold.
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Symptoms of Raynaudâs Syndrome Symptoms of Raynaud’s Syndrome. 1) Fingers start to go white as the circulation is restricted in the capillaries. Whiteness can be on just one or just part of one finger, or two or three fingers at a time. Often there are patches of white, showing a mottled appearance. 2) Affected areas will feel numb and have a white waxy look. 3) Symptoms can often include the affected areas going blue or showing a bluish tinge. This is due to a lack of oxygen in the red blood cells. 4) As the episode ends, affected areas will go bright red as the fresh oxygenated blood returns to the capillaries and cells. 4) As the circulation is restored to the attacked areas, one can experience tingling and pain and may feel like pins and needles.
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Raynaudâs Phenomenon Raynaud’s phenomenon is a disease that affects your blood vessels. There are two forms of Raynaud’s phenomenon: Primary and secondary. The form of Raynaud’s phenomenon you have affects the symptoms you have. Symptoms of Raynaud’s phenomenon can vary from mild to severe. Most people have mild symptoms.
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- Raynaud's disease is a vasospastic disorder-spasms in the blood vessels lead to vasoconstriction (narrowing). The disease mostly affects the fingers, toes, tip of the nose and the ears.
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Raynaud syndrome In medicine, Raynaud's /reɪˈnoʊz/ Disease or Raynaud phenomenon is excessively reduced blood flow in response to cold or emotional stress, causing discolouration of the fingers, toes, and occasionally other areas.aynaud's phenomenon is the initial symptom that presents for 70% of patients with scleroderma, a skin and joint disease. When Raynaud's phenomenon is limited to one hand or one foot, it is referred to as Unilateral Raynaud's. This is an uncommon form, and it is always secondary to local or regional vascular disease.
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- Go to Consults ». Her doctor told her she had Raynaud’s phenomenon, a condition in which blood flow to fingers and toes, as well as the nose and ears, is disrupted by spasms in the blood vessels. He advised her to stay warm.
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Raynaud's  Disease, Numb, Cold Fingers or Toes, Symptoms and Treatment Raynaud's Disease, Numb, Cold Fingers or Toes, Symptoms and Treatment. Definition. Episodic vasospasm (constriction of small arteries) of the fingers or toes. It is characterized by digital (fingers or toes) blanching or white color, cyanosis (blue), a feeling of numbness or dulled sensory response and rubor (red) after cold exposure and rewarming. It can also be induced by anxiety or stress.
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Scleroderma Raynaud's Phenomenon. Raynaud's phenomenon is often the first sign of the scleroderma disease process. With this condition, small blood vessels narrow in the fingers, toes, ears, and even the nose. Attacks of Raynaud's phenomenon can occur several times a day, and are often brought on or worsened by exposure to cold.
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Dental/Raynaud's Disease Connection Signs and symptoms of Raynaud's depend on the frequency, duration and severity of the blood vessel spasms that underlie the disorder. During an attack of Raynaud's, affected areas of your skin usually first turn white. Then, the affected areas often turn blue and feel cold and numb.
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Raynaud's Phenomenon Medical Editor: Jay W. Marks, MD. The condition you are describing in your mother's fingers is compatible with Raynaud's phenomenon. Raynaud's phenomenon is a condition resulting in discoloration of the fingers and/or the toes after exposure to changes in temperature (cold or hot) or emotional events. Skin discoloration occurs because an abnormal spasm of the blood vessels causes a diminished blood supply to the local tissues.
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Scleroderma The symptoms of scleroderma vary from person to person and can include: Raynaud's phenomenon. In people with this condition, blood vessels in the fingers or toes, and sometimes in the tips of the nose and ears, suddenly constrict. The area turns white or blue and becomes cold and numb.
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Raynaud's Phenomenon Raynaud's phenomenon has been seen with a number of conditions, including rheumatic autoimmune diseases (scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and mixed connective tissue disease), hormone imbalance (hypothyroidism and carcinoid), trauma (frostbite, vibrating tools), medications (propranolol [Inderal], estrogens without additional progesterone, bleomycin [Blenoxane] used in cancer treatment, and ergotamine used for headaches), nicotine, and even rarely with cancers.
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Vasculitis and Vasculopathy in Rheumatic Diseases Severe cases of Raynaud’s phenomenon—usually of the secondary form—can lead to problems such as skin ulcers (sores) or gangrene (tissue death) in the fingers and toes, which can be painful and difficult to treat.aynaud’s phenomenon is a condition that affects the blood vessels in the extremities—generally, the fingers and toes.
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Raynaud's Disease and Phenomenon Raynaud's disease and phenomenon are a problem with blood flow. During an attack, blood vessels narrow. This causes blood flow to the fingers and sometimes ears, nose, and lips to be severely reduced.
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What you need to know about Raynaud's disease Causes of secondary Raynaud's include: Diseases of the arteries: Atherosclerosis, a build-up of plaque in blood vessels, or Buerger's syndrome, a disorder where blood vessels in the hands and feet become inflamed, can cause Raynaud's symptoms. Primary pulmonary hypertension has also been linked to the disease.
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What causes wrinkled finger tips all the time?chrissybill Jun 11, 2008 But with Raynaud's, the body restricts blood flow to the skin more than it needs to. Other triggers can include emotional stress and things that affect the flow of blood, such as smoking, caffeine, and some medicines. What are the symptoms? During an attack of Raynaud's, the body limits blood flow to the hands and feet.
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Raynaud's disease Raynaud's disease refers to a disorder in which the fingers or toes (digits) suddenly experience decreased blood circulation. It is characterized by repeated episodes of color changes of the skin of digits on cold exposure or emotional stress.
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Raynaud Phenomenon Raynaud's phenomenon is a disorder characterized by blood vessel abnormality caused by overactivity of smooth muscle in the wall of arteries, leading to spasms (vasospasms with narrowing) of the small vessels that supply blood to the arms, legs, hands, feet, and sometimes the ears and nose.
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Undifferentiated Connective-Tissue Disease Clinical Presentation The most common symptoms at presentation include Raynaud phenomenon (48%-59%); arthralgia (37%-81%); arthritis (22%-71%); mucocutaneous symptoms such as photosensitivity, malar rash, alopecia, and oral ulcerations (23%-52%); fever (15%-23%); sicca symptoms (12%-42%); and CNS symptoms (8.5%).
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Raynaud's Phenomenon Raynaud's phenomenon is a condition in which cold temperatures or strong emotions cause blood vessel spasms. This blocks blood flow to the fingers, toes, ears, and nose.
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- Raynaud's phenomenon is the result of over-sensitive blood vessels in the body's extremities. In many cases, no cause is identified, although it's sometimes linked to other health conditions. When your body is exposed to cold temperatures, the extremities, such as your fingers and toes, lose heat.
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- Your doctor has treatments to manage scleroderma symptoms, which can also include: 1  Swelling, stiffness, or pain in the fingers, toes, hands, feet, or face. 2  Puffy skin. 3  Discolored skin. 4  Fingers and toes that react strongly to cold -- they may look white and hurt. 5  This is called Raynaud's phenomenon.