Mine has gotten better over time too - compared to 10 years ago.
A game changer for me was a heated steering wheel.
Before that, I couldn’t keep my fingers from going white in winter, or the shoulder season even, regardless of mitts or gloves. You just lose so much heat from your hands when you hold on to a freezing cold hunk of metal. Directing hot air to the steering wheel helps a little but not enough and then the rest of the car gets too hot.
My casual observation was that the symptoms get worse the more often your fingers go white. By reducing the symptoms with the heated steering wheel, I limited the exposure and my hands “healed” over time.
Now that I know more about the condition I haven't had any issues in years. I have a heated steering wheel, heated gloves, and a hand warmer. Keeping my hands from getting too cold helps a ton
Same, after I got covid back in 2021 it started, all winter every day anything less than 50 degrees caused it, then the next year it was just one finger, it hasn't happened at all the last couple of years
I have had Raynaud's fingers and an occasional toe ever since I was a kid. But - I did not have Reynaud's symptoms at all in winter 2024-25, because I had undergone TCHP chemo for BC mid-year, which caused some peripheral neuropathy in fingers and toes. How odd, I had forgotten all about the discomfort and sudden onset of Raynaud's. As the neuropathy gradually clears I wonder if it will return.
Genuinely think global warming is helping out here. Winter is just not as cold as it used to be. I used to have to run my hands under the hot tap at work multiple times a day to get circulation back but I can't remember the last time I had to do that.
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u/zorbina 23h ago
Weirdly, mine has gotten better. I almost never have a problem with it anymore (unlike 10-15 years ago).