Can Raynaud's Disease get debilitating?
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I have Raynaud's as well, it mainly affects my feet and sometimes my hands and occurs when I'm stressed or upset, as well as when it's cold. If it's becoming a big problem for you, or is causing you a lot of pain, you can be prescribed nifedipine by your doctor which helps to open up the small peripheral vessels allowing blood to reach your fingers and toes. Otherwise, you just have to put up with it, there's not really much that you can do for it other than keeping your fingers and toes warm.
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Go to the doctor.  It could be any number of things and no one here cand diagnosis it.  Sounds like a nerve problem (NOT poor circulation IMHO) that may be associated with diabetis, lupus, or some other serious health condition.  PLEASE go see a doctor!
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Scleroderma is a rare, chronic disease characterized by excessive deposits of collagen. Progressive systemic scleroderma or systemic sclerosis, the generalised type of the disease, can be fatal. The localised type of the disease tends not to be fatal. The term 'localised, generalised sclerderma' can be used to describe cases where the disease covers a large area of the body - typically more than 40%.\n\nMultiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. MS can cause a variety of symptoms, including changes in sensation, visual problems, muscle weakness, depression, and difficulties with coordination and speech. Although many patients lead full and rewarding lives, MS can cause impaired mobility and disability in the more severe cases.\n\nMultiple sclerosis affects neurons, the cells of the brain and spinal cord that carry information, create thought and perception and allow the brain to control the body. Surrounding and protecting these neurons is a fatty layer known as the myelin sheath, which helps neurons carry electrical signals. MS causes gradual destruction of myelin (demyelination) and transection of neuron axons in patches throughout the brain and spinal cord, causing various symptoms depending upon which signals are interrupted. The name multiple sclerosis refers to the multiple scars (or scleroses) on the myelin sheaths. It is thought that MS results from attacks by an individual's immune system on the nervous system and is therefore categorized as an autoimmune disease.\n\nAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, sometimes called Lou Gehrig's disease or Maladie de Charcot) is a progressive, almost invariably fatal motor neurone disease. In ALS, both the upper motor neurons and the lower motor neurons degenerate or die, ceasing to send messages to muscles. Unable to function, the muscles gradually weaken, waste away (atrophy), and have fasciculations because of denervation. Eventually, the ability of the brain to start and control voluntary movement is lost. However, even patients in advanced stages of the disease may retain the same intelligence, memory, and personality they had before its onset.\n\n \nStephen Hawking, who was diagnosed with ALS in 1963ALS causes weakness with a wide range of disabilities. Eventually, all muscles under voluntary control are affected, and patients lose their strength and the ability to move their arms, legs, and body. When muscles in the diaphragm and chest wall fail, patients lose the ability to breathe without help from mechanical ventilation. Most people with ALS die from respiratory failure, usually within 3 to 5 years from the onset of symptoms. However, about 10 % of ALS patients survive for 8 or more years (like Jason Becker) . Patients with a bulbar or respiratory onset generally have a worse prognosis, although this is not consistently true due to the heterogeneous nature of the disease.
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Nope.  Platinum is harder than Gold and Silver.\nOur fingers DO shrink and expand, though.  Dehydration, circulation, temp, anxiety, seasons... lots'o reasons.\nGive it a couple more weeks.
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Do you mean Raynaud's disease?  If so it is a condition that causes some areas of your body — such as your fingers, toes, tip of your nose and your ears — to feel numb and cool in response to cold temperatures or stress. It's a disorder of the blood vessels that supply blood to your skin. During a Raynaud's attack, these arteries narrow, limiting blood circulation to affected areas. You can read more about it here\nhttp://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/raynaud/ar125fs.htm
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you may have raynounds syndrome,which your nerves usaully in hands or feet ,but can move to the whole body if it worsens,what happens is the nerves for unknown reasons start restricting blood flow in the vains causeing not enough blood flow to hands and making them cold,then there is also a secound type thats the reverse the nerves cause the blood vessels to get bigger and then your hands can start getting to much blood flow and feel fiery hot.there is no cure for this but there are medicences and herbs that can help,and one other new thing just recently invented that might get rid of the syndome once and for all is doctors think they might have found the main nerve that causes this to happen located in the rists and can possibly be sergically removed.so if i were you i'd talk to a doctor about it and see if he thinks it is rynounds syndrome and then mabey he can give you the medince to help and explain more about the possible sergery.also if the syndrome gets worse what will eventually happen is it could start to move to other parts of the body too,and after a while it can get so bad that basically you would be in danger of your body giving it self frostbite litterally.so look into it and see if thats what it is,but if hopefully it isnt that then mabey it can possibly be realated to just stress ?.also one last thing that is a sign that its raynounds is if you hold something cold or out in the cold for some amount of time usaully your hands ect.would start to feel major ice cold that seems to hurt from the inner-core of your bones outward.makeing you need to cover them up or put what-ever cold thing down.
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Lupus, Crohn's Disease, and some other diseases mimic eachother.  MS isn't the worst thing that could happen to you.  I speak from experience, because I have MS.
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The medical name for is it Scleroderma. It has many different degrees of progression from person to person. There is a lot of information for you at www.sclerodermafoundation.com   good luck to you, and I hope this helps you!
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Systamic Cislarsise does not exist in any medical database that I know.\n\nDo you mean:\n\nSystemic sclerosis (systemic scleroderma)\n\nSystemic sclerosis (systemic scleroderma) is a multisystem disease that results in fibrosis and vascular abnormalities in association with autoimmune changes. These lead to breakdown of the skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscles and internal organs (e.g. digestive tract, heart, lungs and kidneys). The skin becomes thickened and tightly bound to underlying structures.\n\n\n\n\nScleroderma\n\nScleroderma is a disease that causes thickened skin and varying degrees of organ dysfunction resulting from small-vessel vasculopathy and immune-mediated fibrosis. The clinical manifestations of this disease are extremely heterogeneous and depend on the presence and degree of internal organ involvement. Patients may present with a spectrum of illness ranging from localized skin fibrosis only (localized scleroderma) to a systemic disorder (systemic scleroderma) with both cutaneous and internal organ involvement.\n\n\nor\n\n\nYeast infections -- sometimes called candidiasis -- takes many forms. They often develop where a moist environment encourages fungal growth, especially on the webs of fingers and toes, nails, genitals and folds of skin.  Types include:\n\n    *\n      Oral thrush is a painless, often recurrent yeast infection of the mouth and throat.  It is common in babies, young children and the elderly, but can affect all ages.\n    *\n      Moniliasis is a painful vaginal yeast infection experienced by approximately 75% of women, most commonly during pregnancy or treatment with antibiotics.\n    *\n      Balanitis is a less common but equally irritating infection of the penis. \n    *\n      Intertrigo can occur on the skin, particularly in large skin folds in obese people.\n    *\n      Systemic yeast infections can occur in cases of diabetes, AIDS, and other ailments or drug treatments that suppress the immune system.
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Well...\n\nSoldier's Disease is a myth or at least yet to be proven\n\nReynolds Syndrome is a chronic liver disease; a combination of two autoimmune diseases\n\nRaynauds Disease is a condition that causes some areas of your body — such as your fingers, toes, tip of your nose and your ears — to feel numb and cool in response to cold temperatures or stress.
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As the other person said, Raynaud's\n\nThere are two types. One is an indication of an underlying disorder and the other isn't.\n\nYour body overreacts to the cold by shutting off circulation to your limbs. Of course the best thing to do is avoid problem areas from getting cold in the first place. If they do get cold you may have to resort to warm water to get the blood flowing again.\n\nI had a family member who suffered from this condition and would occasionally get terribly cold feet at night. For most people, this problem was solved by throwing another blanket on and the feet would warm up again because the  body no longer needed to conserve heat for the vital organs. But for my kin with Raynaud's this wasn't the case. The feet would remain cold and the only way to warm them was to go stand in a bathtub of warm water and move around in it a bit, then immediatly dry the feet and put slippers on until he got back to bed.\n\nSee what you learn by listening to your relatives' borning stories?
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It could be but there are also non-threatening conditions that may cause your hands to shake. See a doctor. My father-in-law's hands do this and so did his mother's. It was something not serious that he just took medecine for.
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Numbness, coldness, tingling and discoloration (a blueish hue) in your extremeties. If you have discoloration or prolonged numbness, call a doctor NOW!  Also if you press on your foot or hand or some part you think isn't getting good circulation and it doesn't turn back to it's normal color immediately, then you have bad circulation.
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Here I am searching for the answer to the same question!\nI have to add at this point I recently moved from Ontario Canada...to the U.S. so I have to respond to your question with what info I have so far. I recently got a topical gel from the doctor for my broken blood vessels. I found it interesting that your vessels appeared after a illness. My first vessel did also! I did mention this to the doctor wondering if illness contributes in any way to this problem. The doctor seemed uninterested in my theory. There is a laser treatment for this...quick simple painless. Check into Roseaca ( skin condition) Are you Scottish or Irish? The Celtic curse may be your problem. I am now convinced that illness can have something to do with this problem. I have read that these vessels can indicate liver problems. No worries though. check out this term "telangiectasis" spider veins. cheers
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bad blood circulation. SEE A DOCTOR
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Yes it can. Its a very serious problem. Even if the person survives, he/she may have to deal with disability. Sorry, if my answer has caused anxiety to you, but thats fact. Anyhow, medicine has advanced a lot, so hope for the best.
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Hello\n############################################################################################You have RSD which is reflex syndrom disorder and you really should have it looked at = it can turn serious VERY SERIOUS you are loosing mucus cells if it continues to stay dry and have seen cancer in the throat and ashyacas  due to this disorder