Raynaud's phenomenon (RAY-noz), in
medicine, is a
vasospastic disorder causing discoloration of the
fingers,
toes, and occasionally other extremities, named for French physician
Maurice Raynaud (1834 - 1881). The cause of the phenomenon is unknown, but
emotional stress and cold are classically triggers, and the discoloration follows a characteristic pattern in time: white, blue and red. It comprises both
Raynaud's disease (primary Raynaud's), where the phenomenon is
idiopathic, and Raynaud's syndrome (secondary Raynaud's), where it is secondary to something else.
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