What is vibration white finger disorder?
Vibration White Finger is a repetitive stress injury where the small blood vessels in the fingers periodically spasm. The spams cause constriction of the blood supply to the fingertips turning the fingers white. Soon after, the available oxygen in the blood is used up and the fingers turn blue.
How do members experience vibration white finger disorder?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with vibration white finger disorder*
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Raynaud's phenomenon
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Stress
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Nothing reported yet
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Pain
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Fatigue
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Numbness and tingling with pins and needles
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Nothing reported yet
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for vibration white finger disorder*
Who has vibration white finger disorder on PatientsLikeMe?
Age | Proportion | # of patients |
---|---|---|
<20 | 0 | |
20s | 1 | |
30s | 0 | |
40s | 5 | |
50s | 5 | |
60s | 10 | |
70+ | 5 |
Distribution of sex
Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
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Male | 6 | |
Female | 17 |