why would fingers turn blue and be cold with no pain...would you need
an angiologist or is it something in the peripheral circulatory
disease or wascular degeneration an the arm or what?

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 04 Oct 2004 17:28 PDT

Have you ever been diagnosed with intermittent claudication,
peripheral artery disease, or Reynaud's phenomenon?

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Clarification of Question by lapides-ga on 04 Oct 2004 19:05 PDT

From what I have read, Reynauds usually has some pain associated with
it and gets better if warmed...this has no pain and does not changed
if warmed. The fingers started out with just two fingertips blue for a
couple of months and now four fingers of the left hand are blue to the
first finger joint...no pain...just cold and numb.

Please excuse a typographical error in my request for clarification. I
meant to type "Raynaud's phenomenon" rather than "Reynaud's."

I urge you to see a physician. Not necessarily a specialist; a good
internist or general practitioner can set you up with a specialist, if
needed. Circulatory problems cannot be accurately diagnosed over the
Internet, and the kind of guesswork that a Researcher might provide
would, in my opinion, do nothing but confuse the issue.