PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Shapiro, Samantha C.
AU  - Wigley, Fredrick M.
TI  - Treating Raynaud phenomenon: Beyond staying warm
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.84a.17025
DP  - 2017 Oct 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 797--804
VI  - 84
IP  - 10
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/84/10/797.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/84/10/797.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2017 Oct 01; 84
AB  - Raynaud phenomenon is an overactive vascular response to cold and emotional stress that results in cutaneous color changes and sensory symptoms in the digits. It can be idiopathic (primary) or secondary to another condition; the latter can be more severe and more apt to lead to ischemic complications such as digital ulceration and even loss of digits. If nonpharmacologic interventions prove inadequate, then vasodilator agents are used.