Raynaud’s Sufferers Should Refuse To Be Dismissed
Like many Raynaud’s sufferers, I spent my childhood thinking my symptoms were normal and that this was something everyone experienced.
Like many Raynaud’s sufferers, I spent my childhood thinking my symptoms were normal and that this was something everyone experienced.
At the supermarket, Carol Tonkin arms herself with a sweater, warm footwear and mittens, and that’s just in the summer. Carol has Raynaud’s.
One question we ask our members is how they discovered they had Raynaud’s, since only 1 in 10 sufferers are aware and seek treatment.
Since she was a teenager, South African native Andrea Kemsley wondered why her hands and toes changed different colors in colder temperatures.
Lisa Cuffe thought her fingers turning purple when chilled was normal until a school nurse declared “You have Raynaud's disease."