Raynaud's disease, 16 year old child

Raynaud's disease, 16 year old childStage: transition phase 2-3Raynaud's disease is a vascular disease involving vasospasms and insufficient blood supply of the fingers or toes.Symptoms:

Sudden pallor (ischemia)

Cyanosis of the fingers or toes

Reactive hyperemia with redness, tingling sensations and palpitations

Pain (rarely)

The typical sequence of the vasospasm event (white - blue - red) is also called tricolor phenomenon.Symptoms can last for hours. Longer duration of symptoms causes permanent damage of the supplied tissue and arteries. Typical long-term effects are trophic dysfunctions or necrosis. Normal perusion is recovered by warming of the acra.