Raynaud's syndrome

Having run in the winter to your favorite master in a nail salon without gloves, you were very cold in your hands, and already being in a warm room, in a comfortable chair, you found that your fingers or part of them turned unusually white?

sindrom Rejno, pobelenie konchikov pal'cev, sinjushnye pal'cy, izmenenija cveta pal'cev, narushenija krovoobrashhenija Or maybe you notice these manifestations regularly, even regularly caring for your hands in winter or being warm? See a doctor immediately! It is these signs that the primary Rhine's Syndrome has.

Syndrome symptoms

After exposure to cold air masses or strong emotional overstrain, it happens that the skin changes its color and a feeling of discomfort appears. Fingers may become pale or, conversely, cyanotic, erythema (significant reddening of the skin) may be observed. As a rule, these changes and discomfort are reversible and disappear immediately when the person calms down and / or warms up. sindrom Rejno, pobelenie konchikov pal'cev, sinjushnye pal'cy, izmenenija cveta pal'cev, narushenija krovoobrashhenija

Often, such phenomena occur more often in females than in men. It is also noted that in young people it manifests itself more intensely and more often than in older people. If Raynaud's Syndrome is primary, then its treatment does not cause any particular difficulties and consists of:

  • auto-training in order to more easily survive psychological stress;
  • prevent cooling;
  • quitting smoking and alcohol;
  • taking drugs that belong to the group of vasodilating calcium channel blockers, for example, prazosin or nifedipine.

sindrom Rejno, pobelenie konchikov pal'cev, sinjushnye pal'cy, izmenenija cveta pal'cev, narushenija krovoobrashhenija Secondary Raynaud's syndrome is associated with various pathologies and diseases of the body. These may be violations in the functioning of connective tissues. It can accompany things like:

  • headache caused by migraine;
  • angina;
  • arterial pulmonary hypertension.

By the way, most scientists directly associate secondary manifestations with the use of nicotine, and it is worth noting that they are absolutely right in this. sindrom Rejno, pobelenie konchikov pal'cev, sinjushnye pal'cy, izmenenija cveta pal'cev, narushenija krovoobrashhenija

Clinical manifestations of the disease

The first warning signs that may accompany Raynaud's Syndrome are:

  • feeling of intense cold;
  • sharp pain in the fingers;
  • parasthesia;
  • discoloration of one or more fingers.

When external factors - cold, nervous stress or vibration are excluded, all symptoms gradually disappear.

sindrom Rejno, pobelenie konchikov pal'cev, sinjushnye pal'cy, izmenenija cveta pal'cev, narushenija krovoobrashhenija Changes in the color of the fingers in this pathology have certain features. There are three main types of transformations:

  1. Single-phase - either pallor or cyanosis.
  2. Biphasic - cyanosis and / or erythema.
  3. Three-phase - at first, pallor appears, combined with cyanosis, and after the body warms up, erythema develops due to reactive hyperemia.

In most cases, the syndrome is localized on the 3 middle fingers, less often on the thumb. Its manifestations are never observed on the metacarpophalangeal joints. Primary Raynaud's syndrome can last from a few minutes to an hour. But, there are extremely difficult cases in which necrosis or the appearance of unusually painful ulcers on the tips of the above fingers is even possible, up to the development of painful gangrene.

Summing up, it is safe to say that, despite the fact that the fingers may turn red or, conversely, turn white without the symptoms of Raynaud's Syndrome. Abusing your health and postponing a visit to the doctor is not worth it. Be healthy and tell your friends about the Syndrome.