Non-Medical Management of Raynaud’s Disease

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Jared B. Jobe, Ph.D., James B. Sampson, Ph.D.,

Donald E. Roberts, Ph.D. and William P. Beetham, Jr., M.D.

Report Number M 14/81

Government Accession Number AD A111 032

29 June 1981

ABSTRACT

This study examined the efficacy of a non-medical procedure for management of idiopathic Raynaud’s disease. Individuals with Raynaud’s disease and normal individuals were given 27 ten-minute simultaneous pairings of hand immersion in warm water (43°C) with a whole-body cold exposure (0°C). One group of normal and one group of subjects with Raynaud’s disease received no treatments. Before and after cold test exposures (0°C) were given to all subjects.

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