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Am wondering if anyone here gets the same problem as am with fingers,and what it could be/is caused by.
All the fingers on both hands get swollen a lot [not sure exactly how often]-they feel like the same feeling when have been holding ice/snow for a long time,and am currently typing whilst wearing a pair of thin gloves-am lucky because am did not have a pair of gloves until recently as dad took them back-used to use them every winter with the pc-typing with extremely thick thinsulate gloves-horrible.
they feel very numb in the joints especially,but don't feel pain inside,just this strange feeling going through fingers-it feels like waves of warmth and cold? don't know if that is right or not but cant think of any other words for it.
Does anyone else get this problem or something similar regulary and not because have been messing about with snow for too long?
Am not trying to get this added to the DSM for common traits among people with ASD by the way,just wondering whether it's normal for people and what it could be without having to go to doctor,don't like going there unless it's very serious.

Do you have Reynaud's Syndrome (or phenomenon)? It is a form of poor circulation. Fingers turn white, then blue, then red.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raynaud's_syndrome
I have arthritis in my hands and the knuckles swell a bit, particularly in thumbs and index fingers. It feels better to wear gloves. They ache so bad in winter.
So yours could be a number of things.
Sorry this is desultory.

Do you get hives or anything? I have reynods syndrome and cold articaria(which is when your allergic to the cold and get hives everywhere) Both of them, due to what my dermatologist said is genetic.

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Do you get hives or anything? I have reynods syndrome and cold urticaria(which is when your allergic to the cold and get hives everywhere) Both of them, due to what my dermatologist said is genetic.

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Sounds like it would be worth checking out with a doc. Could be something benign, but it could be a sign that something else is wrong (autoimmune, for instance). Meanwhile keep your hands warm. :) I have fingerless gloves for in the house, fairly easy to type with but not perfect.

i too have raynaud's syndrome. my fingers go white, sometimes it extends over the rest of my hand as well. the worst time it went as far as my elbows on both arms! if it is raynaud's then it is not serious. if it is really debilitating to you then it is possible to get drugs from doctor which cause vasodilation in the fingers so the blood reaches them & they dont go numb. however i have never taken them as they cause postural hypotension which i already get with having low blood pressure but it would be something to talk to your doctor about if it was really bothering you.

as someone previously said go to see your doctor to make sure it is not something more sinister just to be safe.

Heh-

Never been up on one of these before. Having a lot of frustration with my kid's dr's. My 9 yr old has Asperger's and some unusual autoimmune problems with arthritis. My 5 yr old son has been having some strange issue since last summer and afer what seems like a milliion trips to the dr since then they are now taking me seriously and he has a diagnosis of tourettes/ocd. . .also has reynauds, lyme symptoms and had a baad case of strep at what seemed like the beginning of this all. The dr's say these things are not related but have no reasons that all of this is happening at the same time and they are getting zilch back from bloodwork. . .anyone elsse have these things coming together.....also a Sensory Integration diagnosis w/possible spectum

Thanks

that sounds like arthritis or an allergic reaction or poor return circulation - you've got to get that checked out. post up a pic of your hands when they are swollen

One of my friends and his sister have this thing where if their hands (or feet) touch anything cold, or get too cold, they'll turn numb.

I don't think it's Raynaud's, though...I'm looking at those pictures, and he certainly doesn't get white or blue patches.