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Old 19th Dec 2011, 14:53
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Reynauds - how do you deal with it?

Last year I was diagnosed with Reynauds (white fingers) and as you do, looked it up online. Lots of advice, and my condition is not yet too serious, so I'm hoping to avoid medication for a long time, forever if I'm lucky.

Here we are in winter again and of course it has returned, wearing gloves doesn't really help that much, as I seem to get it mostly when driving, and I wonder if it is to do with hand position (fnarrr....) Plunging hands into hot water doesn't do anything, circulation just seems to return to normal after about forty minutes in a nice warm house.

One thing I did try was whizzing my arms around like Pete Townshend in full cry...that works, but am I at risk of damaging my capillaries by forcing blood into them?

So, assuming there are fellow sufferers out there, got any useful tips? Much better than talking to the doctor, you know what us blokes are like
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