Raynaud's phenomenon

Last Updated: 2023-07-07

Author(s): Anzengruber F., Navarini A.

ICD11: BD42.Z

Raynaud 1862

Finger discolouration.

Women > men.

Idiopathic.

Trigger: 

  • Cold
  • Pituitary dysregulation

First there is a whitish (hypoxia), then bluish (cyanosis), reddish discolouration (hyperaemia)

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History (trigger factors)

Clinical (provocability?)

Cold protection

Nicotine abstinence

Nifedipine 30-180 mg p.o. daily

Amlodipine 5-20 mg p.o. diurnally

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  2. Landry GJ. Current medical and surgical management of Raynaud's syndrome. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Jun;57(6):1710-6.
  3. Poredos P, Poredos P. Raynaud's Syndrome: a neglected disease. Int Angiol. 2016 Apr;35(2):117-21. Epub 2015 Feb 12. 

 

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