Need some help here about raynauds
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so I went to my doctor since I've suffered pain since February 2012 following an injury in pe class. At the time it was put down to a not bad sprain, worsened by not using the affected wrist. I finally persuaded my mum we should do something since it hadn't cleared up after all this time. He said its raynauds, wear gloves, you'll be fine, etc etc. however, the pain has only worsened since then, the temperature of my wrist and hand has continued to decrease, the pain spreads towards my elbow/shoulder at times and I'm noticing a definite decrease in ability to use my affected wrist. It is difficult to write, open things, turn pages, and most seriously of all my daily journey on the bus is near impossible due to the pain of holding on to the bar. Is all this a consequence of primary raynauds or is my doctor wrong?
P.s. I'm experiencing some colour change on the lower part of my fingers too, which I know is a definite sign of raynauds.
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Jan999 Arm668
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EileenH Arm668
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Have you read this?
https://patient.info/health/raynauds-phenomenon
If your GP is difficult and refuses to consider specialist assessment then change your GP - there must be another in the practice if nothing else.
One of the main things about Raynauds IS keeping warm - that is true. My husband used to do diagnosis of Raynauds to decide if it was primary or secondary and one of the things that often happened was that young women arrived in short skirts with bare legs in winter. Their tests always showed little wrong - they just needed to dress appropriately for the temperatures. But you do need to know if there is anything causing what is really a symptom in some cases.
Good luck.
jenny Arm668
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Good luck.
Arm668
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Also are there any stretches/excercises that anyone can suggest to combat the muscle weakness as it has gotten worse since I posted this initially?
jenny Arm668
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