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Raynaud phenomenon

Raynaud syndrome, also known as Raynaud's phenomenon, eponymously named after the physician, Auguste Gabriel Maurice Raynaud, who first described it in his doctoral thesis in 1862, is a medical condition in which spasm of small arteries cause episodes of reduced blood flow to end arterioles. Typically, the fingers, and less commonly the toes, are involved. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Be Caused by
African idiopathic aortitis
Atherosclerosis with atheroma
Buerger disease
Connective tissue disease
CREST syndrome
Cryoagglutination
Ergotism
Fibromuscular hyperplasia
Giant cell arteritis
Mixed connective tissue disease
Normal response to cold
Oral contraceptive
Polycythemia
Polyvinylchloride poisoning
Raynaud disease
Scleroderma
Sickle cell disease
Takayasu arteritis
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Thromboembolism
Vibratory tools
May Be Caused by
African idiopathic aortitis
Atherosclerosis with atheroma
Buerger disease
Connective tissue disease
CREST syndrome
Cryoagglutination
Ergotism
Fibromuscular hyperplasia
Giant cell arteritis
Mixed connective tissue disease
Normal response to cold
Oral contraceptive
Polycythemia
Polyvinylchloride poisoning
Raynaud disease
Scleroderma
Sickle cell disease
Takayasu arteritis
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Thromboembolism
Vibratory tools


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