Raynaud's Disease Support Group
Raynaud's disease is a condition that affects blood flow to the extremities which include the fingers, toes, nose and ears when exposed to temperature changes or stress. When exposed to cold temperatures, the oxygen supply to the fingertips, toes, and earlobes are reduced and the skin color turn pale or white and become cold and numb. When the oxygen supply is depleted,...
I wear gloves pretty much every where but every morning when I cut up my strawberries (I eat a pound a day) I take off my gloves because I don't want to stain them. And today OMG the pain from the cold. Instant WHITE AND BLUE. For months my feet and hands and fact and ears would just get numb as numb can be I would fall and get scraps and scratches that I wouldn't see/feel from the numbness. Now the numbness is still there AND now the pain is there. OMG the pain. UNBELIEVABLE PAIN. I got in the car (I live in Rhode Island in the US) last night and took off one glove to put on my ipod and call someone and then put it straight back on. For the idk 30 seconds it was off and that the car was cold and not warm yet...OMG OUCH. Holy crap. Does anyone else have experiences like this? What do I do? Also it has shown I have inflammation in my bloodwork so I may have lupus or RA. Any thoughts?
I have RA, Sjogren's, Raynaurds, Inflammatory arthritis of the spine, and osteo-arthritis of the spine, Fibromyalgia, Digestive issues, and few other mild things...It is certainly possible that you might have some other type of auto-immune disease. Do you see a specialist for your care?If not, you need to see one, a Rheumatologist. Also, look at the posts for RA and Lupus and see if what the people there are talking about sound like your symptoms, or ask your question there.
Also you can train yourself to open the blood flow into your fingers by thinking about it. The training takes several months of practice, and some of the Medical Universities will help their patients to learn how to do this. This is not something that most doctors will be able to offer, you almost certainly will have to go to a university specialist, but that might be a good idea to get a diagnosis of all that you might have, if you do indeed have more than Ray's. i can increase the blood to my hands, and I have a sister who has Ray's much worse than me, and she can change the blood flow ot her hands much faster than I can, so it does work!
Good Luck, and I hope you find something that helps soon!