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?)

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