Re: - Weird fever - ?autonomic

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Actually I was speaking about Zipporrah and her rubbing her feet together, unless you are remembering when I spoke of Asenath's rubbing or massaging her arms and hands in the past. I believe this is due to her sensory stroke episode issues though. But no-one has ever considered Raynauds that I know of for my girls. I have no idea why Zipporrah has this issue and the docs aren't concerned thus far. Thanks for the info though. Darla Re: Weird fever - ?autonomic and Evan (unspecified mito) have cold, sweaty hands and feet at times. They both have Raynaud's. With Raynaud's your hands can become numb (which might be the reason for Asi's hand rubbing).Any one else have a child diagnosed with Raynaud's? What are the symptoms? When the affected fingers and toes are exposed to cold or sudden temperature change, they go a very distinctive white or blue colour and become numb When they are warmed again, they go bright red and the numbness wears off to be replaced by painful throbbing. The color change is due to spasm in the small blood vessels in the skin of the hands and feet. These spasms may also occur in other areas such as the tip of the tongue and nose, earlobes and occasionally internal organs. How is temperature normally regulated? Our body temperature is controlled by the amount of heat retained or lost through the skin. This is regulated by the amount of the blood flowing through the small blood vessels of the skin. When we are hot, the blood vessels open wider allowing more blood to flow through the skin. Heat is lost through the skin and we may look flushed. When we are cold, these same blood vessels allow less blood to flow through them, so less heat reaches the skin surface. This system works very well and is controlled by special nerves and the mechanism is automatically controlled by the brain*****my note--autonomic nervous system****** What Causes Raynaud's? The mechanisms believed to cause Raynaud's phenomenon include increased sympathetic nervous system activity and increased finger or toe involvement reactivity to anything that causes the small veins to constrict. These can be cold exposure or can even be caused by emotional stress. Hormones, and decreased pressure in the blood vessels also causes the fingers and toes to blanch or redden. Many patients with Raynaud's phenomenon have hyperhidrosis (sweaty palms). Diagnosis Temperatures of the digits can be measured as low as 90 degress Farenheit. Noninvasive vascular tests that are occasionally used to evaluate patients with Raynaud's disease include digital pulse volume recordings and measurement of digital systolic blood pressure and digital blood flow.Please contact mito-owner with any problems or questions. Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com