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How To Overcome The Numb Feeling Caused In The Finger Tips?

My finger tips and toes go numb and lose complete blood flow. My figer tips turn a dead white color and so do my toes. I live in north mississippi so I do not think it gets cold enough for this to happen because of the weather. I walked maybe 30 feet to my car drove for 45 minutes home with the heat on got home and had no feeling in my finger tips or toes. from the center knuckle up on each finger was dead looking. Took me at least 20 minutes to get the color to come back. this is the 4th time i have noticed this being this bad.
Tue, 19 Sep 2017
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Hello! Thank you for writing. As you described it, it can be a Raynaud syndrome. It is a syndrome characterized by lack of blood flow to the fingers and toes for some minutes, because of the spasm of the arteries that feeds these part of the body. The fingers and toes turn white and then after some minutes they regain their normal look. It may be because of cold exposure or stress. Do you have other associative signs? It could be because of many reasons. Better visit a rheumatologist (since this syndrome is related with a lot of rheumatic diseases) or an angiologyst( since it has to do with the arteries). Sometimes there is no real cause causing it, and if all the possibilities are ruled out you should only take care of yourself by not exposing yourself in the cold(and stress). Wish you all the best.
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How To Overcome The Numb Feeling Caused In The Finger Tips?

Hello! Thank you for writing. As you described it, it can be a Raynaud syndrome. It is a syndrome characterized by lack of blood flow to the fingers and toes for some minutes, because of the spasm of the arteries that feeds these part of the body. The fingers and toes turn white and then after some minutes they regain their normal look. It may be because of cold exposure or stress. Do you have other associative signs? It could be because of many reasons. Better visit a rheumatologist (since this syndrome is related with a lot of rheumatic diseases) or an angiologyst( since it has to do with the arteries). Sometimes there is no real cause causing it, and if all the possibilities are ruled out you should only take care of yourself by not exposing yourself in the cold(and stress). Wish you all the best.