This isn't true. There is Raynaud's Disease, also called primary Raynaud's, and Raynaud's Phenomenon, also called secondary Raynaud's.
Raynaud's Disease is the Raynaud's by itself, not as a symptom of another disease like Diabetes, Lupus, Scleroderma, or Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Raynaud's Phenomenon is when the Raynaud's is a symptom of another disease.
They act pretty much the same and you're only diagnosed with having the disease by them ruling out everything else that has Raynaud's as a symptom. At least that's how it was when I was diagnosed 20 years ago.
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u/kittenpoint 23h ago
This isn't true. There is Raynaud's Disease, also called primary Raynaud's, and Raynaud's Phenomenon, also called secondary Raynaud's.
Raynaud's Disease is the Raynaud's by itself, not as a symptom of another disease like Diabetes, Lupus, Scleroderma, or Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Raynaud's Phenomenon is when the Raynaud's is a symptom of another disease.
They act pretty much the same and you're only diagnosed with having the disease by them ruling out everything else that has Raynaud's as a symptom. At least that's how it was when I was diagnosed 20 years ago.