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- $Title{Is There a Hot Water Treatment for Raynaud's Disease?}
- $Subject{Raynaud Raynaud's disease treatment treatments Special procedure
- procedures Circulatory vein veins artery arteries reaction cold blood vessel
- vessels constrict constriction circulation finger fingers toe toes hot water}
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- Is There a Hot Water Treatment for Raynaud's Disease?
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- QUESTION: I suffer from Raynaud's Disease, and do well enough when I take all
- the precautions I have learned. Recently I heard of a method that used hot
- water to get your blood vessels to open up and help overcome the coldness and
- numbness in the fingers. If you know of the method will you please describe
- it for me?
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- ANSWER: Some recently published papers talk of the use of hot water in
- changing the response to cold in patients with Raynaud's. Since Raynaud's
- disease is an excessive reaction to cold, which causes the vessels to
- constrict and diminish the circulation to fingers and toes, a possible method
- of treatment is to attempt to change that reaction. It uses water at 120
- degrees F, but two different environments. First the hands are immersed in
- the hot water for from 2 to 5 minutes while you are in a warm room. Next, the
- same procedure is repeated while in a colder area, a basement or outdoors.
- Then back to the warm room and repeat once again. The whole procedure is
- repeated 3 to 6 times a day for a total of 50 trials. Results lasting for
- years have been achieved by some patients. I do, however, advise you to
- consult your own physician for advise and further instructions before
- embarking on this treatment.
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- The material contained here is "FOR INFORMATION ONLY" and should not replace
- the counsel and advice of your personal physician. Promptly consulting your
- doctor is the best path to a quick and successful resolution of any medical
- problem.
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