Raynaud's Awareness Week / Month 2013

        After the huge response to the Awareness Week of 2012, and because of the "public demand", we decided to hold the 2013 event.
As on February 13th, we have 196 attendees, and 129 persons have been invited.

         We hereby thank all the people who have helped us to make the 2012 event successful.

Here is the link for that facebook 2013 event:

http://www.facebook.com/events/228308977236349/

For the more details about facebook events held by use,
Please visit following link:
http://raynauds.blogspot.com/2011/11/raynauds-awareness-month-2012.html

Warm Regards,
Kiran :)

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Surgical Intervention

        When Raynaud’s is very severe, resulting in intolerable pain and ulcers,and lots of other stuff that don’t respond to medications,  a surgical procedure called as digital  sympathectomy*1 (nothing to do with computers :D) with adventitial stripping (which involves removing the tissue and nerves around the blood vessels supplying the affected digits). is an option.
In this surgery, the nerves that signal the blood vessels of the fingertips to constrict are surgically removed. The procedure isn’t always effective, and the benefits may not last. However, this "last ditch" approach may save the finger or toe from amputation. Some patients report that the procedure reduced their pain, healed their ulcers and/or prevented new ulcers from forming.


*1 = Sympathetic ganglia are the ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system. They deliver information to the body about stress and impending danger, and are responsible for the familiar fight-or-flight response.
A Sympathectomy is a procedure during which at least one sympathetic ganglion is removed.

(This article is not complete yet, I will finish this as soon as I get time. I truly apologise for the inconvenience.) 

Raynaud's Treatment

There are several treatment options for Raynaud's.
Treatment options depends on the type of Raynaud's present condition.
For Primary Raynaud's, if it is sever, then medications can be prescribed by the doctor.
(We will discuss madicines in depth, after this intro.)
But most of the times when it is not sever, treatment of primary Raynaud's focuses on avoiding triggers.
This applies to both primary, and secondary.

Secondary Raynaud's is usually treated by taking care of the underlying problem.

There are three major categories of treatment for both the Raynaud's.

The first is obviously General Care / Precautions.

It has been observed that the effects of Raynaud's can be decreased
just by taking precautions and care, without the aid of medication for Raynaud's.
This is also known as home treatment. ( I wonder why.)
I have discussed about General Care, and Precautions with depth in my three previous posts,
Don'ts For the Patients of Raynaud's Phenomenon,
Do's For The Patients of Raynaud's Phenomenon,
and Skin Protection For Raynaud's Phenomenon.



The second option is drug therapy, which also can be called as medication.

But medication is recommended only in severe cases that too only prescribed by a doctor.
(Do not attempt to take medicines on your own.)

I have explained about most of the medicines which are good and bad for us, in my other post: Drug Theropy.



In very severe cases surgery is the third option.
There are two different surgeries that can be performed regarding Raynaud's.
One should leave this up to doctor, the task of choosing which kind of surgery to perform.
:-D

Warm Regards,
Kiran Nayak :-)

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