I Always Cold In Hands, Feet In, the nose ... This is the Raynaud's Syndrome?

I Always Cold In Hands, Feet In, the nose ... This is the Raynaud's Syndrome? - Once it's cold, your fingers and toes go numb and become all white? It is certainly Raynaud's syndrome. The diagnosis of this syndrome requires prior Benin eliminate other causes.

Raynaud's syndrome: eliminate other possible causes

Exposed to cold and moisture, the fingers and toes of people with Raynaud's disease quickly become white, numb, with a burning sensation, and sometimes pain. These symptoms are due to a disorder of the blood circulation in the extremities, a kind of intense and excessive arterial spasm in response to cold.

The Raynaud's is common: 5% of the general population is affected, but it is mostly women (nine out of ten cases occur in women).

Often the diagnosis of Raynaud's syndrome is increased to 25 years after a change in a few years. It is often a family history. Thus the description of the symptoms is usually sufficient to identify Raynaud's phenomenon.

However, the doctor must first rule out other possible causes. Indeed, some diseases or disorders or taking certain medications (anti-migraine, beta-blockers) may also affect the vasculature of the extremities. The clinical examination, some manipulation of arteries, immunological tests, echo-Doppler, are sometimes offered to dismiss certain assumptions. The default is that the diagnosis of Raynaud's syndrome is confirmed.

Raynaud's syndrome is a benign condition

That those affected by Raynaud's phenomenon can rest assured that this condition is benign. Moreover, if the symptoms peak in young women, you should know that crises decrease with advancing age, often to disappear with menopause.

Meanwhile, all the strategies to protect your ends are put into practice. This is also the basis of treatment: dress warmly from head to toe when you need to expose yourself to the cold.

Raynaud's syndrome: practical advice

- Overlap the layers of clothing is more effective than a single layer - preserve heat. Including the hands, wear gloves covered with silk fleece gloves.
- Prefer lined leather shoes and sneakers outlaw the source of moisture.
- Wear warm socks.
- Cover your neck and your head as to limit heat loss.
- Put on your gloves before going out in advance and avoid touching cold objects.
- Use hand warmers and feet, sold in sporting goods stores.
- Always have a pair of gloves with you to avoid thermal shock air-conditioned places and fresh food supermarkets shelves.
- Avoid coffee (vasoconstrictor).
- Also avoid drugs against colds.
- And do not smoke.
If these measures are not enough, your doctor may offer you a drug in the class of calcium channel blockers to reduce the frequency of seizures. But protection against the cold ends remain indispensable.

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