A Handy Solution to a Cold, Painful Problem ; in Association with the Nhs It Can Cause Crippling Pain and Make the Winter Months Even More Hellish for Sufferers. Health Reporter Jane Picken Gets the Facts About Raynaud's Phenomenon

Evening Chronicle › January 21, 2008

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IT TAKES just minutes for Sandra Chambers' hands to freeze up so much they become white and completely numb.

And the mum-of-two from North Shields will then have to endure prickling pains when they finally warm back up and the blood eases back to her frozen digits.

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A Handy Solution to a Cold, Painful Problem ; in Association with the Nhs It Can Cause Crippling Pain and Make the Winter Months Even More Hellish for Sufferers. Health Reporter Jane Picken Gets the Facts About Raynaud's Phenomenon

Like millions of others across the country, the 65-year-old retired shop worker has Raynaud's, a condition that leaves the sufferer hypersensitive to the cold and often in unbearable pain.

"I've had Raynaud's...

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