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blue fingers when in hot bath??

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Has anyone else had this? It happen to my toes when I was in the shower the other day too.

I don’t know if it’s Raynauds or my low ferritin/anemia or what. About to go for a colonoscopy this week for the anemia and a high positive FIT test but I can’t see it being linked to that.

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OldTed60

looks like Raynaud’s to me. I don’t get blue I get white apart from toes sometimes turn blue. I did read that blue fingers are more common with scleroderma but I have scleroderma and for me it’s usually white. Could the prospect of colonoscopy be making you stressed and this is triggering Raynaud’s?

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Newfylady in reply toOldTed60

Maybe, I don’t feel stressed about it on a conscious level, but who knows what the subconscious can do to us? I’m looking at it as a chance to get answers and hopefully fix my anemia.

I definitely get worse Raynauds symptoms when I’m stressed though.

It’s just baffling me why they would go from normal to blue after being in the bath for a bit.

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lindyanne in reply toNewfylady

I agree with comments above, I think we are so used to being even slightly cold it actually feels “normal” so if we get in a warm bath or shower we react. My fingers go blue in a warm shower too.

Good luck with your investigations I hope you get some answers . I was finally diagnosed with pernicious anaemia after a whole load of horrible symptoms so now having 3 monthly B12 injections. I think it’s worth thinking about if you have odd symptoms such as numbness and fatigue (we’re used to that too with scleroderma and its various overlaps!)

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Newfylady in reply tolindyanne

That’s a very valid point about your definition of normal changing.

I hope that your B12 injections help, I have a friend with pernicious anaemia and it’s not fun.

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OldTed60 in reply toNewfylady

Some go straight to blue, others only to white and red. I first noticed Raynaud’s in my toes when clambering into a hot bath. I assume it’s the contrast in temperature. It’s generally my palm and dorsal hands and feet which turn blue but we are all different - there are no rules with Raynaud’s - whether it’s primary or secondary. Mine used to be more water temp related but these days it’s just a slight breeze in summer or waking up and getting out of bed in the winter

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ADonnelly

I think if I got in the bath when I was very cold and my fingers were white from Reynaud's they might go blue like that. You know, when you're warming up so much that it's painful.

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Newfylady in reply toADonnelly

The weird thing is that they weren’t white, I was pretty warm before I got in the bath I think.

Our bodies are weird.

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cowhide

Yes I often get this. My fingers and toes and, funnily enough, knees, are often cold without me realising (we have a cold house, particularly upstairs) and are white when I get in, they then turn classic Raynauds blue in a bath or shower and the blue should turn pink after a few minutes in the hot water. If they are cold enough to get 'hot aches' when warming up I notice they are cold and painful beforehand and I would try and warm them gently/slowly to get through that stage before getting in the hot bath.

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Newfylady in reply tocowhide

Maybe I just hadn’t noticed that they were white before I got in.

I sit in my bath as it fills (think frog in a pan on a stove) so I’d have thought that would have warmed my core up nicely.

I use a heat pack around my middle (it’s amazing 5 minutes charge gives about 4 hours heat) to keep my core warm and that actually seems to help more than gloves in the house - our house is cold too 😊

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Lupiknits

Yes, my fingers and toes go like that. I have scleroderma and secondary Raynaud’s.

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Mylomydog

Hi. Defo looks like raynauds, happens to me when i go from having cold hands and straight into a hot shower , usually my raynauds is triggered by cold and being caught in the rain but occasionally it's the switch from cold to hot too quickly.

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proffishopper

I have this, I have had scleroderma for the past 14 years plus raynauds and all other nasties that comes with this disease.

Best wishes to you

proffishopper

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Monica628812

I get the same colors. It’s Raynauds

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Maxamillions

I get this on my feet and hands. It’s reynaudd

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