Question 1

what is reynards disease?

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Raynaud's: Raynaud's phenomenon is a vasospastic disorder that causes finger discoloration with cold exposure or emotional stress.

Question 2

does amlodapine help treat reynads?

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Might: It's a good treatment but cold extremities which you list as a condition is not the same as raynaud's.  Perhaps you really do have raynaud's but amlodipine is not likely to make your extremities warm. That's because it prevents spasm which can lead to gangrene, but it's not able to overcome normal neurally mediated vasomotor tone.

Question 3

what can i do for raynauld's syndrome?

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Wear gloves: Raynaud's phenomenon/syndrome can be a painful condition.  Avoiding noxious stimuli, especially exposure to cold, can help prevent attacks.  There are some medications, especially calcium channel blockers, which can help prevent the vascular spasms which lead to symptoms.

Question 4

what is reynauds phenomenon?

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Blood vessel spasm: Raynaud’s is usually casued by exposure to cold temperatures (or emotional stress) that cause blood vessel spasms, usually in smaller blood vessels, such as in the fingers, toes, ears, and nose. These areas will go through color changes first white (no blood flow), then blue (no oxygen) then red (return of flow), usually with pain or burning. Other causes can be some diseases, drugs, smoking.

Question 5

how is reynaud's disease treated?

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Cold avoidance : Raynaud's is made worse by cold exposure and/or stress dressing warmly both centrally and locally is therapeutic. There are no fda approved medications for raynaud's.  This makes it difficult for us to give our patients medicine because of the insurance company blockade. Medications and sometimes work include procardia, (nifedipine)  erectile dysfunction drugs because they dilate blood vessels, and topical Nitroglycerin to name a few.

Question 6

what do you do for reynaud's disease?

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Various: Avoid cold exposure, dress warmly, wear gloves. Medications include blood pressure medications that dilate (widen) your blood vessels.

Question 7

what are the best drugs for reynauds?

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No such thing: I believe there are no such medications. What symptoms are you hoping to treat?

Question 8

my girlfriend has reynauds. what is that?

Accepted Answer

Spasm: The tiny blood vessels in the tips of the finger constrict with spasm causing a change in color of the skin &amp; may lead to a feeling of tingling or even pain. It usually is precipitated by cold - sometimes as simple as reaching into a refrigerator. Wearing gloves and sometimes meds can usually treat it successfully.

Question 9

what are the symptoms of reynauds disease?

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Finger color change: Classically people with raynaud's can have a change in skin color. This can be brought on by cold exposure or stress. The classic color change in the fingers can be red, white and blue. To confirm the history i like to hear of a white color change. We also magnify the nailfold capillaries as different diseases that cause raynaud's can sometimes show different changes in these tiny blood vessels.

Question 10

with reynauds can it affect internal organs?

Accepted Answer

NO: Most patients with raynauds have symptoms of the hands, feet, and rarely the nose and even more rarely the nipples. We typically do not see raynauds affect internal organs.

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