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Raynaud’s Disease frequently asked questions
Find out more about Raynaud’s disease and how best to prevent and treat it with our handy guide covering the most frequently asked questions about the condition. We will also be discussing how a pair of Raynaud’s gloves can help, and which ones you should buy this winter if you want to help ease your symptoms or even prevent episodes from striking in the first place!
What is Raynaud’s disease?
Raynaud’s disease is a cardiovascular condition that causes sudden and frequent episodes to occur that narrow your blood vessels and restrict the circulation to your extremities such as your fingertips triggering uncomfortable and painful symptoms as a result.
How many people in the UK suffer from the condition?
It is estimated that around 10 million people in the UK suffer from Raynaud’s disease. The condition also affects more elderly people than it does younger people.
What is the difference between Arthritis and Raynaud’s disease?
Often people will confuse Raynaud’s disease with Arthritis because of how similar the symptoms are. The main differences however between these two conditions are that Raynaud’s disease is a cardiovascular condition which affect your blood vessels. Raynaud’s episodes cause your blood vessels to narrow and restrict blood flow to your extremities resulting in uncomfortable symptoms. Arthritis on the other hand is a condition that affects your bones and joints and is caused due to wear and tear. Due to this wear and tear the cartilage that is found in-between your joints starts to wear away causing your bones to rub against each other causing pain and discomfort as a result.
What are the most common symptoms of Raynaud’s disease?
Common symptoms for this condition include coldness, aches and pains, numbness, stiffness and is some cases your hands and fingers may turn white or even blue as blood flow become restricted to them.
What causes Raynaud’s episodes to occur?
An episode occurs when the blood vessels that supply warm blood to your hands and fingers go into vasospasm this causes these blood vessels to narrow. This narrowing of your blood vessels means that blood flow is restricted or completely cut off to your hands and fingers resulting in uncomfortable symptoms. Vasospasms are often caused by sudden cold temperatures, stress and anxiety, high blood pressure and cholesterol, Lupus, Scleroderma, prolonged vibration, injury to the hands, heart and thyroid problems, smoking as well as certain medications.
Why do my hands and fingers turn white or blue?
When the blood vessels in your hands narrow due to vasospasm warm blood is cut off which causes extremities in your hands to turn white or even blue. The level of colour of your hands and fingers often depends upon how much or how little blood is being supplied to them. This is usually temporary and once the Raynaud’s episode is over and your blood vessels expand and blood flows back into them, they should turn back to their normal colour. However, if the colour does not return to your hands or fingers does not return then you should seek immediate medical attention from a doctor.
How long does an episode last for?
Usually episodes only last for a couple of minutes, however some of the affects of an episode such as stiffness and coldness in the hands and fingers can in some cases persist for sometime after an episode has occurred. You should seek medical attention from a Doctor or a qualified health professional if your Raynaud’s episodes are lasting longer than a couple of minutes and are causing you concern.
Can Raynaud’s disease be cured?
Unfortunately, Raynaud’s disease cannot be cured. However, there are a range of effective treatments options that can be utilized to help lessen the frequency and the effects of episodes of the condition.
What treatments are available to help ease my symptoms?
There are a range of different treatments that you can try out to help both treat and prevent your symptoms. For instance, wearing a pair of compression gloves is one of the most widely recommended treatments for this condition. Compression gloves are designed to help stimulate the blood vessels in your hands can help stop your them from narrowing and restricting blood flow to your hands and fingers when an episode strikes. Thermal gloves can also be worn to help insulate your hands keeping them warm and regulating their body temperature to stop sudden changes in temperature which can often trigger episode. Having a healthy diet rich in Omega-3, Iron and Vitamin C, doing cardio exercises, quitting smoking if you are a smoker, lowering your stress, blood pressure and cholesterol levels and improving your overall cardiovascular health can also all help to prevent episodes and minimise symptoms.
Do you only get episodes in winter?
Raynaud’s disease is a cardiovascular condition that can be caused by a number of different things. This means episodes can strike at any time of the year and not just during winter. Whilst the colder temperatures during winter can often trigger episodes more frequently other triggers such as stress and anxiety can trigger episodes even if it is not cold. Stress and anxiety can cause chemicals such as cortisol to be released into your blood stream. These chemicals can cause certain proteins to be released into your bloodstream that tell your blood vessels to narrow which can trigger Raynaud’s episodes a result.
Is Raynaud’s disease serious? Or could it be a sign of something else more serious?
Raynaud’s disease is not a serious health condition in itself and typically only causes uncomfortable symptoms in your hands. However, Raynaud’s disease can be a side effect of a more serious underlining health condition affecting your cardiovascular system such as heart failure. If you are at all concerned about this, then you should seek medical advice from your doctor as soon as possible.
How do I stop my hands and fingers from feeling stiff and numb?
Wearing a pair of compression gloves that compress and support to your hands can make a huge difference. Compression gloves are designed to help compress and stimulate your hands and fingers giving you a range of different benefits to treat and prevent your symptoms. These include helping to increase blood flow to them, easing aches and pains and preventing muscle fatigue by supplying fresh oxygenated blood to your hands. Compression gloves will also support your hands in the correct position and promote proper hand and finger biomechanics increasing their mobility and preventing strain and pressure from causing injury to them.
Does this condition only affect older people?
No, Raynaud’s disease can affect anyone at any age. However, older people are more likely to develop Raynaud’s disease due to poorer cardiovascular systems due to the natural ageing process. People with poor circulation, high cholesterol and blood pressure, Diabetes, Neuropathy and Arthritis are also more likely to develop the condition.
What types of gloves can you wear to help ease this condition?
1. Compression Gloves which are meant to compress your hands and fingers to help boost circulation
2. Thermal gloves which are meant to insulate and protect your hands from heat loss and cold weather
How can wearing a pair of compression gloves help treat this condition?
Compression gloves are designed to provide compression to your hands and fingers. This compression will help to stimulate the blood vessels in your hands and prevent them from narrowing when an episode strikes. This will in turn help lessen the effects of an episode by keeping blood flowing into your hands. Compression gloves can also be worn to help improve the mobility of your hands and fingers and soothe aches and pains that can occur due to Raynaud’s disease.
How can wearing a pair of thermal gloves help treat this condition?
Thermal Raynaud’s gloves can be worn to help keep your hands and fingers warm and prevent sudden drops in temperature that can so often trigger an episode. Thermal gloves are also good for easing symptoms. Thermal gloves are designed to trap body heat inside the gloves and prevent this heat from escaping keeping your hands warm when fresh warm blood is restricted to your hands and fingers when an episode is occurring.
Why won’t wearing normal thermal gloves work?
Not all thermal gloves will work for this condition. Our thermal gloves have been specially designed to insulate your hands and keep your hands and fingers at an optimum temperature to prevent episodes from occurring.
Where can you buy a pair of gloves for Raynaud’s disease?
Here at Nuovahealth we stock a wide range of gloves to help treat Raynaud’s disease including compression and thermal gloves. Made from premium quality material our gloves have been specially designed for people suffering from this condition and will deliver the very best protection to your hands and fingers to help both prevent and treat Raynaud’s disease episodes. Our 30-day money back guarantee means that you have nothing to lose when buying a pair of our gloves. If for whatever reason our Raynaud’s gloves do not work for you then you can return them within 30 days to get a full refund.
Best Raynaud’s Gloves to help treat and prevent episodes
Now let’s talk gloves! Here is our round up of the best compression and thermal gloves to buy that will help to keep your hands and fingers warm but also help to prevent and treat Raynaud’s disease symptoms when an episode does strike. All of the gloves listed below are available to buy here at Nuovahealth and come with a full 30-day money back guarantee for full customer peace of mind. If you have any questions about any of our gloves, please feel free to comment below or get in touch with us via our contact us page.
Raynaud’s Gloves for Cold Hands with Grips – Only £13.99
These soft and comfortable compression gloves have been designed to provide targeted compression and support to help prevent and ease episodes of Raynaud’s disease. Recommended by Physiotherapists these gloves can help to better support your hands and fingers and promote proper biomechanics that place less strain and pressure on your hands to prevent wear and tear, injuries and conditions such as Arthritis, Carpal tunnel syndrome and Repetitive Strain injuries from occurring.
The compression that these gloves provide will help to stimulate the blood vessels in your hands and fingers and prevent them from narrowing and cutting off the circulation to them. This compression can also help to ease aches and pains and promote the healing process of damaged tissue. That is why these gloves are an ideal choice for improving injury recovery and rehabilitation of a range of different hand and finger related injuries.
If you are suffering from stiff numb hands caused by Raynaud’s disease or arthritis, then these gloves can also be worn to help improve the mobility and strength of your hands. By supporting your hands in the correct position these gloves will help to improve the way that they function and prevent muscles fatigue, wear and tear, cramps and biomechanical imbalances than can cause pain and injury to them. Featuring grips on the palms and fingers of the gloves wearing these gloves will also help to improve your grip and stop objects from slipping from your grasp whilst carrying things.
Copper Compression Gloves – Only £10.99
A pair of these copper compression gloves are perfect for people suffering from a range of different injuries and conditions affecting their hands including Raynaud’s disease, Arthritis, Oedema, Repetitive Strain Injuries and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. By providing targeted compression and support to your hands and fingers these gloves will not only help boost circulation in your hands but also soothe aches and pains deep within your joints and increase mobility in them.
Designed to improve the way your hands and finger’s function wearing a pair of these copper compression gloves will help better protect your hands from excessive movement, strain and pressure to prevent wear and tear and help improve your injury recovery.
Made from lightweight, stretchy and skin friendly Nylon with infused copper with antibacterial and moisture wicking properties these gloves will keep your hands and fingers dry and comfortable whilst you wear them. The infused copper will also help to kill bacteria to help prevent fungal infections from arising.
Full-Length Copper Compression Gloves – Only £12.49
These full-length copper compression gloves are just like the ones listed above but also cover your fingertips. Made from premium blend of copper infused nylon that will prevent chaffing, kill bacteria and keep your hands dry, fresh and comfortable. This makes them perfect for people who are suffer from Raynaud’s disease in the tips of their fingers. A pair of these gloves are also ideal for wearing underneath existing thermal gloves as glove liners to help protect your hands fully with both compression and thermal insulation during colder winter months against the effects of Raynaud’s disease.
They are also perfect for speeding up and improving the healing process of damaged tissue and can be worn for preventing and treating other hand and finger related conditions and injuries including Arthritis, Oedema, Repetitive Strain Injuries and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
Men’s Winter Thermal Insulating Gloves – Only £11.99
Protect your hands from extreme cold temperatures with a pair of these high-quality thermal gloves for men. These thermal gloves are very comfortable to wear with a cosy velvet inner lining. They have been specially designed to keep your hands toasty thanks to the 3 layers of thick thermal insulation that aims to prevent heat loss and stop your hands from going cold when a Raynaud’s episodes hits. Wearing these gloves will also help to regulate and prevent sudden drops in temperatures to stop episodes from being triggered in the first place. We recommend wearing these thermal gloves in combination with pair of our compression gloves for the most effective protection during the colder winter months.
Cold Weather Winter Thermal Gloves for Men & Women – Only £11.99
Made from waterproof materials and featuring windproof cuffs these Cold weather resistant winter thermal gloves are an excellent choice for people who want to protect their hands from the harsh winter weather. Wearing these gloves are great for preventing Raynaud’s episodes as they will keep your hands at a constant snug temperature. They will also help to keep your hands warm if an episode does strike and warm blood can no longer flow properly to your hands by trapping heat inside the gloves to prevent heat loss.
Magnetic Therapy Compression gloves – Only £9.99
Our magnetic therapy compression gloves are ideal for easing pain, reducing stiffness and boosting circulation. Featuring strategically placed magnets these gloves will provide deep targeting magnetic therapy and will absorb infrared rays that soothes and stimulates your hands and expands the blood vessels that circulate blood around them. These innovative features mean wearing a pair of these gloves will help to prevent and lessen Raynaud’s symptoms when episodes occur. The lightweight and breathable design also means that these gloves are very comfortable to wear and will keep your hands dry and fresh and wont chaff or rub against your skin even when wearing for long periods of time.
Fingerless Compression gloves – Only £9.99
Our fingerless compression gloves are great for boosting circulation and easing aches and pains and symptoms for a wide range of different conditions and injuries that can affect your hands such as Raynaud’s Disease, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Oedema (Swollen hands), Diabetes, Fibromyalgia, Neuropathy, Tendonitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Sprains and Strains.
Made from soft, breathable and skin friendly cotton that does not rub or chaff when you wear them making these gloves are incredibly comfortable to wear even for long periods. These gloves deliver soothing compression to your hands and fingers that will help to calm sore aching and painful hands. As well as that this compression will also help stimulate your blood vessels and boost the supply of fresh warm blood to your hands to both prevent and treat Raynaud’s disease episodes.
The support that our gloves provide is second to none. This support will help correct the way your hands and finger’s function preventing movement, strain and pressure from damaging your hands and fingers allowing them to recover and heal faster and more efficiently if they are injured.
Anti-Arthritis Compression gloves – Only £9.99
If you are suffering from aches, pains and stiffness in your hands and fingers and want fast and effective relief then these gloves are a must buy for you! These anti-arthritis compression gloves have been specially designed to help ease your symptoms, strengthen and improve the mobility of your hands and give you more dexterity in your fingers.
By providing a high level of compression to your hands and fingers these gloves will help to ease pain deep within your joints and supply fresh warm, oxygenated blood to them helping prevent Raynaud’s episodes, cramps, and muscle fatigue, reduce stiffness and swelling and promote the healing of damaged tissue. The extra support that these gloves provide is designed to aim to improve the way your hand’s function to prevent excessive strain, pressure and movement from causing aches and pains, wear and tear, damage and injury to your hands and fingers. To put it simply all of these features make these gloves one of the best choices for wearing to help treat and prevent conditions and injuries including Arthritis, Ryanauds disease, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Repetitive strain injuries, Gout and Fractures.