Ok like I said, "More facts later", well it's a bit later...I'm impatient...Besides, I only gave you ONE website. I wonder how many of your light bulbs came on. :)
Ok, so another website I looked at when I was researching and yes...they are on the first page of a Google search, but they were consistently the same...
The other one is from a cite called Medicinnet.com, where doctors are the authors of these works.
Oh and by the way a reaction is called a Spasm...and the reaction doesn't start when you get cold...it starts when you start to get warm because the blood starts to circulate again, giving you your feeling back. It starts to feel like the cold area is going to sleep.
Oh! And I did a Presentation on this when I was in my Public Speaking class, it was awesome because while I was doing my presentation, I had an ice pack on my arm while I was at the podium and was scratching. Scratching? Yes...it itches reallllly bad, remember I said I call the hives Mosquito bites because that's what it feels like.
Anyways, I told them this is a reaction and showed my arm to them, which surprised them! lol It was red with lots of the white "mosquito bites". That was a "Shock factor". :)
Some causes of Raynaud's which is stated in one or both websites is Stress, caffeine, cold (no duh...), and smoking. The smoking can be considered as a Secondary type because it has been linked as a cause. But when I was doing my research on myself, I did discover that caffeine and stress were a factor in it.
Weird...it's a bit cold in my house right now and my pinky is starting to react to it...it itches... :/ time to warm up!
Oh and here's the link for the Medicinnet :)
http://www.medicinenet.com/raynauds_phenomenon/article.htm#raynauds_phenomenon_facts
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