Is this Raynaulds disease? Foot Pic TW!

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Is this raynaulds and what do I need to too?

Also tingling hands?

It looks like it. Keep them warm!

Do in need to see a GP?

Yes. Thick socks and slippers. Just keep them warm.

Thanks @eurochick

"Just keep them warm" isn't all that helpful to be honest. It wasn't helpful when my GP said it to me. Easier said than done. I try my best but there are times when I can't help my hands getting cold. It might be easier with feet though, since you can keep them covered all the time.

Keeping warm for me is -I use a heated blanket at home and regularly put my hands under it to keep warm.
I wear heat holders socks (the really warm ones) over my socks and Woolly slippers that cover my ankles and go half way up my leg.
I wear cashmere gloves (fingerless) or those sleeve things with thumb holes.
I have a very warm winter coat.

The key for me is not to get cold. So slippers on when I get up or out of the shower. Gloves on before leave the house etc.

I sit on my hands if I’m somewhere cold!

Sorry, that sounded really grumpy. I'm just a bit weary of people saying "why don't you just keep them warm?". As if I'd never have thought of that.

I have Raynaud's
I showed the Dr my hands and feet (I'd got to the point where my toenails would fall off) , and I was given Adalat, as it widens your blood vessels, it just made my Knees radiate heat though!

Weirdly my raynauds has majorly improved since having Covid Jabs!

The weird thing is they don't feel cold. So I only notice when I see them keep sometimes they go number if it's very bad.

But they don't feel cold. In fact I actively avoid thermal socks and so on!

Dr also told me to wear socks and gloves at all times , which wasn't helpful.
I also have a heated blanket for the settee which helps, especially when I'm working!

First step is to make sure you keep your core warm, and then work on the extremities. Merino base layers are great. Two pairs of socks, thinner pair against the skin, warmer pair on top. Slippers always, fingerless gloves, that sort of thing.

It's a hard condition because there's not much to do besides keep warm! Some people have success with turmeric or cayenne pepper capsules, some find upping magnesium helps.

It might be worth investigating whether it's primary or secondary, though, because if it's the latter then you might be able to help the root cause.

@Scoleah ah that is what I would expect by mine is just one lee two toes and ran in blotches. More rarely on hands too

Mine can also look like yours too!
It can present as One finger totally white, or all of them, with my feet I normally find it underneath my toes which goes white, and on the ball of my foot! Otherwise they're normally just blue/purple tinged!

I find anything can start mine off, like touching the steering wheel in the car, touching the door handle/locking the door, it doesn't necessarily have to be really cold either!

I also find it the same sensation as when you've been outside in snow too long and it hurts, too feeling like they're stinging/boiling hot when they're coming back to life!

@Scoleah yes I recognise all of that include the boiling hot hands when coming in from the cold - I remember that as kid and though everyone had it!!!

The NHS has a good page

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/raynauds/

I feel like mine (fingers for me) has improved since I started finishing my showers with a cold blast, but it may be coincidental, or maybe the winters have been warmer!

I have Raynauds. Yellowish white, then indigo. Toes, fingers, nose. Also prone to chilblains. I take Nifedipine preemptively if I'm going into the cold, or if it comes on unannounced. Really helps. Although I go bright red and flushed with all the blood rushing everywhere!

I have it too. Things that really set it off are being out in the wind, even if it's not too cold, and peeling veg straight from the fridge.

Keeping my back, ankles, and wrists warm helps the most but it's not always easy. Sheepskin insoles in my boots help a little too.

Weirdly, mine became worse after the Covid jabs...

My feet are the worst, I use those 8 hour foot warmer things, like insoles you pop in your shoes. Absolute god send, otherwise it becomes very painful to walk!

I don't have the full-on Reynaud's white blue and red thing, but I am prone to fingers and feet going white and 'half dead' when cold. Getting them wet seems a particular trigger for me.

Yes looks like it. It’s a bugger. I haven’t found an answer yet. You can’t avoid the cold sometimes. I wear thick socks and gloves and try and stay in a constant temperature but something as simple as driving sets it off for me.

I've never seen a doctor. I knew what it was as my mum has it. I manage mine by wearing gloves from October to April and having sheepskin slippers for home and a variety of thick boots for outside, including shearling lined wellies. I also use those little clicky heat pouches (the ones you can boil and reuse) inside my gloves if I'm going to be outside for long.

Perimenopause seems to be easing mine. I guess I run hotter now. Every cloud.

The insoles are an absolute life changer for me. Honestly the difference between being miserable all day because of cold feet, and feeling normal.

Sorry to derail. I think my daughter has this. But as well as the change of colour and cold extremities she also sometimes gets very hot hands. Does that mean it’s not Reynauds??

I have it too. DC say I have asbestos hands, I do have to be careful about picking up hot things and I look after the skin on my hands (worse than my feet). Never seen a doctor about the condition specifically but it is on my medical records.

It can come on in a baking day in August if I walk into somewhere air conditioned, supermarkets are the worst! Wrist warmers are great, layers, scarves, get your feet insulated from the floor. I never wear tights without socks in winter. Heat soaking before I go out can help, usually by immersing hands in really warm water.

Mine go like this sometimes after sitting on the toilet weirdly
Doctor said "some people just have cold feet"