Winter hands are easy to get cold, recently, Nanjing First Hospital received two female patients, their fingers were frozen to pale, accompanied by tingling, they all thought it was frostbite did not care, to the hospital when they found that it was sick!
Ms. Li, a citizen of Nanjing, is prone to cold hands in the winter and often has frostbite, and after this examination at the hospital, she found that the blood picture was abnormal and was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus. "After getting up in the morning, ten fingers are white, shriveled, and it hurts, like the pain of the needle pick, and then after a while the kung fu turns purple, I really don't think it's a disease, it turns out that the hand will also hurt frostbite, thinking it's hand freezing." Ms. Lee said.
According to the doctor, Ms. Li's fingers turned white and purple after encountering cold, which is a typical Raynaud syndrome. Raynaud's syndrome is caused by peripheral small blood vessel ischemia, microcirculation disorders, after the patient is cold or emotionally agitated, the color of the skin often begins from the tip of the finger suddenly becomes pale, then purple, gradually extended to the entire finger, palm, and accompanied by local cold, numbness, sensory loss, after a few minutes, the skin flushing, warming, and feel burning swelling pain. The symptoms are more severe than ordinary frostbite.
Chen Xingguo, chief physician of the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology of Nanjing First Hospital, said: "The situation of whitening and purple on the peripheral fingers will be aggravated in winter, because the ambient temperature is low and the blood supply to the terminals is even more lacking. Unlike the chills in our hands after an ordinary person's cold, it is difficult for her to recover after this chill. ”
Doctors remind that in the presence of Raynaud's syndrome, it is necessary to find out the cause and symptomatic treatment. Some are related to the patient's own vascular condition is not good, long-term smoking, nerve excitement, long-term engaging in vibrating mechanical work, etc., and some are caused by rheumatic immune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren syndrome, scleroderma, etc., which are often accompanied by other symptoms.
Gu Bingjie, attending physician of the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology of Nanjing First Hospital, said: "Combined with some other systemic symptoms, if there are repeated mouth ulcers, rashes, arthritis, dry mouth, dry eyes, you may consider suggesting that there is a possibility of rheumatic immune diseases, you can come to the hospital for screening." ”
(Reported by Wang Leping and Zhang Jian, reporters of Jiangsu Radio and Television General Station rong media news center)
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