Warm swollen hands

[Natz36]

Hi

I think I have raynauds . when my hands are cold they turn like purple but as soon as we have the heating on they go really warm and a little swollen and red .

I keep worrying thinking it’s the iron supplement I am on but does this sound like raynauds?

Thanks also please I have had full vitamin done and I was only low on iron which I am now supplementing for .

[AutumnJ]

Hi Natz36Have you spoken to your GP? From what you have said, I would recommend that you get it checked out. Maybe take some pictures of your hands/ fingers when they are cold, so you have evidence to show.

Hope this helps 🙏🏼

[Natz36 in reply to AutumnJ]

Hi Yes and I get these symptoms every winter ! Last year my fingers had cracked and they were so painful.

I’m hoping it is raynauds x

[AutumnJ in reply to Natz36]

I wish you well. I went to GP with extremely painful thumb. Blood tests showed I had leukaemia, the Raynaud's (for me) is a very minor annoyance, but I know that others get a more debilitating form.

[Natz36 in reply to AutumnJ]

No I don’t get that so it’s probably raynauds.

[Poppy221 in reply to Natz36]

Most of the time, Reynauds is just Reynauds, sometimes it is the most obvious symptom of an underlying autoimmune disease - blood tests can usually show that up or rule it out.