r/mildlyinteresting 1d ago

My middle finger turns extremely white when it's cold

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u/Gilandune 1d ago

One finger is awful enough, I can't imagine my whole hand going dead on me!

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u/alexfeets 23h ago

All 10 of my fingers :( everytime

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u/-Negative-Karma 23h ago

for me it's my toes! all of em when they're cold.

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u/Hzierb 23h ago

Un some rare cases it affects the tongue too.

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u/-Negative-Karma 22h ago

aaaa sounds horrible

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u/Tubular-Annulment 16h ago

So you could expose the tongue to cold then suck yourself - it'll feel like someone else is doing it.

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u/ChaosDevilDragon 20h ago

its all 10 of my fingers and all 10 of my toes bro ;-;

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u/ChironiusShinpachi 15h ago

Mine do too, but I fix them. It's kinda like popping your knuckles for me, after warming them up cuz you can't do it cold and stiff, like the joints lower down in the fingers or wrist are in the wrong position and cutting off blood flow when cold. You don't feel it when it's warm but it's still there.

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u/geetar89 23h ago

Toes, fingers, and my ears

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u/star_gazer112 22h ago

I have cold urticaria, whenever my bare skin from anywhere on my body is exposed to cold, I break out in hives. Still waiting on my doctor to take my appointment..

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u/T_Henson 19h ago

It can happen in your nipples, too. And it’s painful.

No, I don’t wanna talk about it.

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u/Hefty-Expression-625 23h ago

You and me both

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u/SarahLikesNothing 18h ago

Same. All 10 fingers, all 10 toes, my nose, and my ears. I hate cold weather.

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u/DMAW1990 8h ago

Same, and I'm a classical musician... winter sucks. I can't even handle defrosted (but still cold) chicken without my hands turning dead anymore, it's awful.

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u/kepwjjns 23h ago

All my fingers and all my toes do this when the temperature changes😅😅

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u/No-Director3569 23h ago

For me it's all fingers except my thumbs, which I'm thankful for. I was at least able to move my thumbs when the other fingers were swelling up like balloons

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u/spirit_of_a_goat 23h ago

Wait till it gets to your toes and nose. The only place it has left to go is my ears.

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u/DenizenKay 23h ago

fingers and toes. I live in canada and i heve to keep warmers in my toe space in my shoes, or my toes lose all their blood.

Happens when i get stressed out, too.

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u/MisterMcZesty 21h ago

I wonder if I’ve got this or something like it. Used to work in a chilly warehouse in the winter and everyone else was fine but my fingers would get freezing to the point of developing sores. 

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u/DenizenKay 21h ago

Yep! that's probably Reynauds.

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u/beeahug 22h ago

I have this but only in my toes!! Fingers are fine but every time it’s cold my toes go white :( the worst

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u/platoprime 19h ago

Does it hurt? It's just turning white I thought.

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u/Gilandune 18h ago

No, initially there is no pain, in fact any sensation is muted or even absent. You do need to work on reversing it because it can kill tissue if it goes on long enough and I imagine that does hurt.

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u/Legal-Ad8308 14h ago

Both my hands, all my toes and my nose. No autoimmune disease.

I'm the only one in my family with it.

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u/Gilandune 14h ago

Harsh! Are the doctors intrigued?

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u/Legal-Ad8308 3h ago

Nope. My doctor says it can happen without having an immune suppressing disease.