Treating Raynaud phenomenon: Beyond staying warm.

Samantha C Shapiro, Fredrick M Wigley

Journal: Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine 2018;84(10):797-804

PMID: 28985172

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Abstract

Raynaud phenomenon is an overactive vascular response to cold and emotional stress that results in cutaneous color changes and sensory symptoms in the digits. It can be idiopathic (primary) or secondary to another condition; the latter can be more severe and more apt to lead to ischemic complications such as digital ulceration and even loss of digits. If nonpharmacologic interventions prove inadequate, then vasodilator agents are used.

Address: Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD, USA. [email protected].; Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, USA.; Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.; Martha McCrory Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, USA.

DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.84a.17025

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MeSH Terms: Calcium Channel Blockers, Cold Temperature, Humans, Raynaud Disease