Raynaud Syndrome

Clinic

• Raynaud Syndrome / Phenomenon / Disease is a medical condition in which the spasm of small arteries causes episodes of reduced blood flow to end arterioles.
• Typically, the fingers, and less commonly, the toes, are involved.
• Rarely, the nose, ears, or lips are affected.
• Often, numbness or pain occurs. As blood flow returns, the area turns red and burns. The episodes typically last minutes but can last several hours.
• Episodes are typically triggered by cold or emotional stress
• In pregnancy, it normally disappears due to increased surface blood flow. But during breastfeeding it come back causing nipples to turn white and painful.

Related disease

Connective tissue disorders	Eating disorders	Obstructive disorders:	Others
Scleroderma SLE RA (Rheumatoid arthritis) Sjögren's syndrome Dermatomyositis Polymyositis Mixed connective tissue disease Cold agglutinin disease Ehlers-Danlos syndrome	Anorexia nervosa	Atherosclerosis Buerger's disease Takayasu's arteritis Subclavian aneurysms Thoracic outlet syndrome	Hypothyroidism Chronic fatigue syndrome Reflex sympathetic dystrophy Carpal tunnel syndrome Multiple sclerosis Erythromelalgia (clinically presenting as the opposite of Raynaud's, with hot and warm extremities, often co-exists in patients with Raynaud's) Chilblains (also clinically presenting as the opposite of Raynaud's, with hot and itchy extremities, however it affects smaller areas than erythromelalgia, for instance the tip of a toe rather than the whole foot)

Sign / Symptoms	Related entities	Miasms
Localized pain Paleness Sensations of Cold / Numbness.	Cryoglobulinemia	Lyme disease (Under investigation) COV-19 (Under investigation) B19 (Under investigation) ALPH (Under investigation)

Remedies

Top remedy	Agar	Numbness, coldness, blueness in the fingers and toes. Pin or needle-like pricking sensations in the fingers and toes. Agar is best remedy for Chilblains/ Frostbites
Second remedy	Carb-v	Bluish, marbled cold fingers and toes followed by redness. Gangrene of the fingers and toes.
Marked formication/ Tingling	Sec	Icy cold and numb fingers and toes from vasospasm. Formication, tingling in the fingers and toes are also well noted. It is also suitable for slow developing gangrene.