Cold hand medical conditions need hand warmer

There are certain medical conditions which may result in a person experiencing chronic hand pain or cold associated with one or both hands. The information found below was found on the Internet through a variety of medical-related online resources. Please consult a medical doctor for more detailed information. Never rely solely on medical information found on the Internet.

Knuckle coldness & Finger numbness makes it difficult to use a computer mouse. The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Knuckle coldness. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms. This information is from WrongDiagnosis.com. For a more indepth coverage of each topic listed below, visit WrongDiagnosis.com:

• Environment
• Peripheral Vascular disease
• Neurological disease
• Diabetes
• Alcohol related neuropathy
• Hypothermia
• Knuckle injury
• Finger injury or Hand injury

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, also called Causalgia and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome - from NINDS - National Institute of Nuerological Disorders and Stroke. Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic pain condition. The key symptom of CRPS is continuous, intense pain out of proportion to the severity of the injury, which gets worse rather than better over time. CRPS most often affects one of the arms, legs, hands, or feet. Often the pain spreads to include the entire arm or leg. Typical features include dramatic changes in the color and temperature of the skin over the affected limb or body part, accompanied by intense burning pain, skin sensitivity, sweating, and swelling. Doctors aren’t sure what causes CRPS. In some cases the sympathetic nervous system plays an important role in sustaining the pain. Another theory is that CRPS is caused by a triggering of the immune response, which leads to the characteristic inflammatory symptoms of redness, warmth, and swelling in the affected area. Because there is no cure for CRPS, treatment is aimed at relieving painful symptoms. Doctors may prescribe topical analgesics, antidepressants, corticosteroids, and opioids to relieve pain. However, no single drug or combination of drugs has produced consistent long-lasting improvement in symptoms. Other treatments may include physical therapy, sympathetic nerve block, spinal cord stimulation, and intrathecal drug pumps to deliver opioids and local anesthetic agents via the spinal cord. The prognosis for CRPS varies from person to person. Spontaneous remission from symptoms occurs in certain individuals. Others can have unremitting pain and crippling, irreversible changes in spite of treatment.