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Could Severely Cold Extremities That Becomes Numb And Hurts When It Gets Warm Indicate Raynaud's Phenomenon?

My hands and feet get really messed up in the cold. They lose all the blood and turn white and green and it hurts when the heat comes back and feeling goes back into them. It's always an over reaction because my body won't be cold at all but my fingers and feet will. It doesn't have to be winter or freezing either, it's ridiculous.. It even happens on cold days in the classroom. Recently after 35 minutes of being outside shoveling it got so bad that when I came inside my hands were blotchy and swollen up so bad I couldn't even move them, almost like I was getting frost bite. I've had this problem for years and it's hard to go into the doctor to get it checked out because I need something to trigger it to showhim my symptoms, other than that... my hands are just usually very very cold (like actually, people get weirded out) and sometimes like clammy. Some years ago I read about that Raynaud's phenomenon and wondered if I could have that... any help please?
Fri, 24 Jan 2014
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Hi and thank you so much for trusting us with your health query.

I am so sorry to hear about these symptoms that you have experienced. They really sound like Raynaud's disease and I will like that you get it checked out. A majority of persons with these symptoms do not have any particular disease provoking them. A few do have disease conditions that explain this. You do not have the symptoms when you are consulted. By talking to your doctor, he would most likely suspect and try to manage appropriately I will like you to use this resource and learn more about what you can do to prevent and manage such symptoms. In the meantime, avoiding trigger is the best initial step. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/raynauds-disease/basics/definition/con-20022916?p=1

I hope you find this helpful. Thank you so much for using our services and please feel free to for more information or clarifications if need be. I wish you the best of health.
Dr. Ditah, MD.
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Could Severely Cold Extremities That Becomes Numb And Hurts When It Gets Warm Indicate Raynaud's Phenomenon?

Hi and thank you so much for trusting us with your health query. I am so sorry to hear about these symptoms that you have experienced. They really sound like Raynaud s disease and I will like that you get it checked out. A majority of persons with these symptoms do not have any particular disease provoking them. A few do have disease conditions that explain this. You do not have the symptoms when you are consulted. By talking to your doctor, he would most likely suspect and try to manage appropriately I will like you to use this resource and learn more about what you can do to prevent and manage such symptoms. In the meantime, avoiding trigger is the best initial step. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/raynauds-disease/basics/definition/con-20022916?p=1 I hope you find this helpful. Thank you so much for using our services and please feel free to for more information or clarifications if need be. I wish you the best of health. Dr. Ditah, MD.