We hope you’ll benefit from our guest contributor’s summer self-care tips!
By Joe Fleming
President
ViveHealth.com
You may have heard the culturally satiric term “Women’s Winter” make its way around the social platforms last year. This refers to the onslaught of ice cold temperatures which office buildings drop their A/C to when the warm weather of summer arrives, leaving many (primarily women), bringing sweaters and blankets into the office on a day that might be 85 degrees outside.
You might not help but relate if you suffer from Raynaud’s Syndrome and have found your own predicament in those summer months filled with ice cold beverages and chilly air conditioned rooms. With Raynaud’s, the body overreacts to an introduction of cold temperatures and over-constricts blood vessels in the skin, consequentially reducing the amount of blood that can flow to hands and feet (and rarely the nose and ears). This results in a numbness or extreme sensation of cold wherein the hands or feet turn white and blue. As blood flow returns to the affected areas, the skin may flush red again and even throb.
You might not think warm summer months would significantly impact someone with Raynaud’s, however, the drastic temperature changes from very warm to extreme A/C can definitely cause symptoms. Don’t miss these summer self-care tips for summer if you suffer from Raynaud’s:
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