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Posted 4/5/2011 9:57 PM (GMT 0)
My fingers and toes have been hurting and going numb. Especially my big toe. Weird. I don't know what to do about it.Just wondered if anyone else had this problem and if there is anything that can help.
Posted 4/5/2011 10:43 PM (GMT 0)
Hi, Sheila, I also have Raynauds. My doc put me on a calcium channel blocker...there are a few out there...I take Diltiazem.

My hands and feet are my problem areas, sometimes my nose and ears are bothered too. The cold and stress really affect Raynauds. It is possible for my hands and feet to turn blue even during the hot summer due to stress. My toes are my worst area and I sometimes wake up due to the pain in them even though I wear socks to bed.

Massaging the area helps with blood flow, and I will use a moist heat heating pad at times. Good luck to you, I know how painful it is.

Hugs, Robin
Posted 4/5/2011 11:38 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the help Robin. Do you ever wake up with your hands numb? Dr. thinks it is carpal tunnel but I think it is raynauds.
Posted 4/6/2011 2:20 AM (GMT 0)
Sheila, I have had trouble with both my hands and toes going numb. Lately my toes are more problematic. Do you get the color changes?

Hugs, Robin
Posted 4/6/2011 11:53 AM (GMT 0)
I've had Raynaud's for about 10 years. I take Norvasc (a vaso dilator) when I know I am going to be outside in the cold for extended periods. My hands don't hurt when it comes on...they tingle and that is my warning sign. If I don't get them warm soon, they go completely numb and then when they warm up, I get the pins and needle feeling along with intense pain - like sticking my hands in boiling oil. They change colors too, they start as being red at the fingertips, then they go completely white. I don't have much issues with my toes. They get cold and change color but rarely do I lose feeling in them. My nose and ears are affected too but they just get red.
Posted 4/6/2011 3:30 PM (GMT 0)
I don't have the color change. it started out as severe cold in my hands.noes and ears. I had to wear gloves all the time for awhile, even in the summer time. Now it is both hands, pain in my fingers, cold and stinging pain, my big toes mainly hurts and the numbness in my hands and sometimes feet.

Alway something, you know.
Posted 4/6/2011 3:39 PM (GMT 0)
Raynauld's can be secondary to autoimmune diseases, maybe you need checked for that, especially with being diagnosed with fibromyalgia too. There may be something more going on. Autoimmune diseases can cause symptoms of fibro pain and fatigue. 
Posted 8/7/2011 9:28 AM (GMT 0)
Sheila1366, all the things you have in your byline can go along with scleroderma. You need to be checked for it, it you haven't.
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