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Title: The Cold Truth of Raynaud’s Disease Affecting Feet | Causes, Treatment


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Raynauds Disease and Feet
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The Cold Truth of Raynauds Disease Affecting
Feet Causes, Treatment
  • Raynauds Disease affecting Feet is a disorder of
    blood vessels in the fingers and toes. Call us at
    (469) 545-9983 to book an appointment if you have
    foot-related issues.

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Raynaud's Disease affecting Feet
Winters and cold feet are common causing numbness
in your feet. But people suffering from Raynaud's
disease experience cold or numbness in their feet
at any time of the year. Your feet quickly go
from warm to freezing after cold exposure, during
a sharp increase in physical activity or
stressful situations, you may be suffering from
Raynaud's disease. Raynaud's disease or
phenomenon causes the blood vessels to constrict
restricting the blood flow to the extremities.
These attacks are triggered by physical and
emotional stress like plunging into cold water or
walking long distances. Raynauds disease leads
to some areas of your body such as your fingers
and toes to go numb and cold in response to cold
temperatures or stress. During this disease the
smaller arteries supplying blood to your skin
become narrow, limiting blood flow to affected
areas. Women probably suffer more than men to
have Raynaud's disease. Also, this is more common
in people who live in colder climates. For most
people suffering from Raynaud's disease isn't
disabling, but it can affect your quality of life.
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Cause of Raynauds Disease? The reason behind
Raynauds disease is not fully understood by the
researchers. The color of the affected area
changes and pain is due to a short-term reduction
in blood supply. Raynauds disease causes the
blood supply to the fingers and toes to be
controlled partly by nerves connected to the
blood vessels. The nerves of the affected area
reduce the blood supply in response to certain
situations such as extremely cold temperatures.
This is the bodys natural reaction, to prevent a
loss of heat from the body. People suffering from
Raynauds phenomenon respond too much too cold
temperatures and restrict the blood supply more
quickly than normal. The blood vessels constrict,
and less blood can flow through them.
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Raynauds disease is characterized as primary and
secondary, such as    Primary Raynauds or
Raynauds disease This is caused without any
other illness behind it with usually mild
symptoms. The primary Raynauds disease can be
very uncomfortable, but its not frequently
severe.    Secondary Raynauds or Raynauds
syndrome This is a result of another illness,
usually a condition that attacks your bodys
connective tissues, such as lupus or rheumatoid
arthritis. This is not a common condition that
might cause serious health problems like skin
sores and gangrene. These happen when cells and
tissue in your affected area die from a lack of
blood. Raynauds disease can also be caused by
emotional changes, such as feeling worried as
they might trigger the nerves to shut down the
blood supply.
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  • Raynauds phenomenon can result from using
    vibrating machinery including pneumatic drills,
    hammer drills, hedge cutters, and other power
    tools. This is also known as hand-arm vibration
    syndrome or vibration white finger.
  • It may also develop as a side effect of some
    drugs like beta-blockers used in the treatment of
    high blood pressure and angina.
  • Raynauds phenomenon might improve with time, but
    most people with Raynauds phenomenon will always
    have the condition. If Raynauds syndrome is
    caused by some underlying medical reason, then
    its sometimes possible to remove or treat this.
  • Symptoms of Raynauds Disease of Feet
  • Raynauds syndrome can affect either the hands or
    feet or both. The attack can be reduced or
    prevented by warming the hands and feet at once
    usually by massaging them.
  • The common signs and symptoms of Raynaud's
    disease include
  •    Cold fingers or toes.
  •    Color changes of the skin in response to cold
    or stress.
  •    Numb, prickly feeling.
  •    Stinging pain upon warming or stress relief.
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