light smoker with extremely cold hands and feet Posted: 01-26-08 14:43pm
Hello, I am a light smoker about 10
cigarettes per day.
After lunch I smoke a couple sometimes
with a glass of wine and when I lay to
rest for about an hour my hands and feet
get extremely cold and sometimes I have
toe cramps. When the weather is cold my
hands get so cold, they are like freeze
and I don%u2019t even touch my children.
I have try some vitamins/supplements like
msm, magnesium and cayenne with poor
results. Any help would be appreciated,
thanks.
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MandMs
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Posted: 02-08-08 04:59am
Do your fingers turn white and start to
hurt when you're out in the cold or when
stressed?
Have you experienced numb, prickly feeling
or stinging pain upon warming or relief of
stress?
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minas
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Posted: 02-14-08 05:13am
Dear MandMs,
Thank you for your respond and sorry about
my delayed replay, in view of an unplanned
trip.
To answer to your questions:
Quote:
Do your fingers
turn white and start to hurt when you're
out in the cold or when stressed?
Not very white but whiter than normal.
Definitely pain when stressed.
Quote:
Have you
experienced numb, prickly feeling or
stinging pain upon warming or relief of
stress?
Yes. Please explain me what it means and
whether I should continue the Magnesium
Citrate and Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM)
tablets, which seem to help a bit but not
drastically.
Thanks.
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MandMs
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Posted: 03-06-08 07:37am
You are welcome and sorry for my delayed
post, too.
Symptoms and signs you have are due to
Raynaud's disease.
The cause of this phenomenon is not
clearly understood, but it is known that
blood vessels in the hands and feet appear
to overreact (vessels constrict
dramatically and this temporarily limits
blood supply) to cold temperatures or
stress.
Limited blood supply is reason for skin
color changes and pain (nerves are the
first one that react to lack of blood
oxygen and nutritions and you can have
changed skin sensations and pain)
This condition, usually, affects women and
smoking is known as potential cause (smoke
ingredients have two kinds of effects on
blood vessels, chemical and mechanical one
that means constriction or narrowing the
lumen of blood vessels)
Do you have some other medical problems?
Waiting for your post!
Best wishes!
Marija
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minas
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Posted: 03-06-08 08:32am
Thanks for replying, please note that I
don't have any other medical issues. Last
week I had an examination the translation
of which I cannot find anywhere in the
web, but I found a sketch. I come up clean
from the examination (in both hands &
feet that were examined)
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MandMs
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Posted: 03-17-08 04:28am
What kind of examinations you had?
Can you share the medical term that was
connected to this sketch?
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Seraph
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Similair symptoms... Posted: 03-17-08 06:09am
Hi
Firstly...ughm...I smoke way more than
minas...I know, I know, I know...it's
really bad, but I have anxiety problems
and when trying to quit, it sky-rockets.
Secondly, I have very low blood pressure.
Thirdly, everyone ALWAYS complains that my
hands are chilly to the touch.
Fourth, I used to suffer A LOT from
"winters-fingers"...where my fingers would
become swollen and puffy.
Finally...when I am lying on my back, when
I go to bed, and relax...I do tend to get
some pricking...almost "electrical"
activity in my fingers and the more I try
to relax my mind, the more it happens.
Thanks for sharing...
Seraph
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MandMs
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Hi, Seraph! Posted: 05-21-08 05:01am
My post is coming too late I guess, but,
anyway I'll try to give some input.
When someone has low blood pressure, his
body tries to manage that by starting the
compensatory mechanisms that will increase
blood pressure that is low.
For example, arterioles will constrict.
The more constricted arterioles are, the
greater their resistance to blood flow and
the higher the blood pressure.
Constriction of arterioles increases blood
pressure because more pressure is needed
to force blood through the narrower
space.
On the other side, constricted or narrowed
arterioles will cause blood flow to the
skin, feet, and hands to decrease. As a
result these areas may become cold and
turn blue.
Lack of blood flow (constriction of
arterioles, damaged blood vessels due to
smoking) first will manifest with
sensation of tingling, pricking, or
numbness of a person's skin, known as
paraesthesia.
Can also be a symptom of vitamin
deficiency and malnutrition
Irritation to the nerve due to the carpal
tunnel syndrome.
Nerves below the head may be compressed
where chronic neck and spine problems
exist and cause paraesthesia.
This can be also a transient part of panic
attacks.
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