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Can stress cause a person to develop or become more vulnerable to developing raynaud's disease?
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Yes: Emotional stress can trigger the symptoms in raynaud's disease. Smoking (nicotine) can constrict blood vessels. Caffeine can also worsen raynaud's symptoms.
Answered 12/11/2014
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Yes: Stress is one of the causes of raynaud's symptoms or raynaud's disease.
Answered 10/4/2016
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