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[QUOTE 1636433, member: 9609"]Its worth taking a look at what Raynaulds actually is, simply using more and more gloves and socks is not necessarily going to help.
Raynaulds is an overreaction, in the same way negligible amounts of pollen can cause hayfever, with raynaulds cold air to any part of the body can cause the body to react in the same way it does to the onset of hypothermia by trying to protect its core temperature in closing down the blood supply to the extremities; i.e. cold icy air around the neck may cause white fingers and toes even if the hands and feet were not particularly cold. So possibly keeping cold air off other areas of uncovered skin may be as useful as bigger gloves.
I suffer from what I would describe as an unusual version of raynaulds (my doctor says its a classic example and not that unusual) I only get Raynaulds in the summer months, very hot day with shorts and tea shirt on, get into a car with powerful air con, or go into the chiller section of a supermarket and my fingers can turn white, strange and very unpleasant especially when they start to warm up. I'm not really sure why I don't get it in the cold winter months.[/quote]The vasal constriction is triggered by rapid differences in temperature not just extreme cold, everyone can suffer from it if you make the difference between the two enough. Once you get over an attack though I find I can quite happily function in the cold for long periods.
If you try warming up too fast it creates complete agony in the extremities, even for those with out raynaurds.
As we do have Raynaurds we just experience it more rapidly and more often.
Raynaulds is an overreaction, in the same way negligible amounts of pollen can cause hayfever, with raynaulds cold air to any part of the body can cause the body to react in the same way it does to the onset of hypothermia by trying to protect its core temperature in closing down the blood supply to the extremities; i.e. cold icy air around the neck may cause white fingers and toes even if the hands and feet were not particularly cold. So possibly keeping cold air off other areas of uncovered skin may be as useful as bigger gloves.
I suffer from what I would describe as an unusual version of raynaulds (my doctor says its a classic example and not that unusual) I only get Raynaulds in the summer months, very hot day with shorts and tea shirt on, get into a car with powerful air con, or go into the chiller section of a supermarket and my fingers can turn white, strange and very unpleasant especially when they start to warm up. I'm not really sure why I don't get it in the cold winter months.[/quote]The vasal constriction is triggered by rapid differences in temperature not just extreme cold, everyone can suffer from it if you make the difference between the two enough. Once you get over an attack though I find I can quite happily function in the cold for long periods.
If you try warming up too fast it creates complete agony in the extremities, even for those with out raynaurds.
As we do have Raynaurds we just experience it more rapidly and more often.
I think that's due to the weather. 
But I don't think the tablets have improved things - I'm giving them up!
