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Secondary Raynaud’s phenomenon

Evidence: Unconfirmed

Names

Raynaud disease 
Raynaud’s disease
Raynaud’s phenomenon
Secondary Raynaud’s

Description

Secondary Raynaud’s phenomenon, as the name makes clear, is a phenomenon in which blood flow to the fingers and toes is limited, causing cold extremities and sometimes pain. The condition is made worse by cold temperatures. The amount of time that these extremities stay cold can vary.

Secondary Raynaud’s is a symptom experienced (and reported) by patients with autoimmune diseases. Primary Raynaud’s is when the symptoms appear without any other disease. Therefore, primary Raynaud’s is not an autoimmune disease. However, a person suffering from Raynaud’s could have an undiagnosed autoimmune disease.

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Prevalence

US Cases: 6 to 28 million [Garner 2015]. Since it is a symptom, not an autoimmune disease, we do not count Raynaud’s phenomenon in our prevalence estimates.

Typical Age of onset

Typically, this disease appears between the ages of 15-30, and is more common in women.

Symptoms

  • Cold fingers and toes

  • Fingers and toes that are pale, white, or blue

  • Feeling cold, numbness, or pain in these areas

  • When blood starts to return to these areas, fingers or toes that turn red, burn, throb, experience numbness, or tingle.