Is aircon in current heatwave causing you agony? You may be one of ten million Britons who suffer from painful condition triggered by colder temperatures

During this heat wave, most of us welcomed the cool air explosion in an air-conditioned shop or restaurant, while Karen Raney-Marr scares it.

It should always carry a hooded hood with a hooded even at 30 ° C temperature. It even needs to drive using a heated steering wheel.

He suffers from Raynaud syndrome for 37 -year -old Karen, a health gaming expert from St Albans in Hertfordshire. It is a condition that affects about ten million British, where a slight change in temperature causes a person’s extremities to be cold and numb, changes from white to blue and then red – sometimes when the blood flow is restored, sometimes durable pins and needles.

Usually, while affecting their fingers and toes, some people live on their lips, noses, ears, and even on the nipple.

Attacks are often painful and weakening, which makes even simple tasks, such as making buttons.

Raynaud’s stems from spasms in the small blood vessels, which narrows them. The cause is not clear, but it is four times more common in women and can work in families as it can be a genetic connection. It usually appears before the age of 30.

Approximately three of these years of these years, experienced symptoms all year long, and experts, heating climate in an ironic way, such as Karen patients also live in the hottest weather, he said.

Sugeroderma & Raynaud’s UK General Manager Sue Farrington, ‘air conditioning in offices and shops, air conditioning, knowingly or unknowingly Raynaud’un many people who have an important problem,’ ‘he explains.

‘And the concern is that with a warmer climate, this difficulty will not be eliminated and probably will cause more discomfort.’

Raynaud syndrome causes cold and numbness of a person’s extremities, changing the color from white to blue

Karen was diagnosed at the age of 18 after he suffered from painful Chilblains for years.

‘The doctor told me that he wasn’t treated, and he was just one of the things I had to endure,’ ‘he remembers it.

Not surprisingly, the winters were difficult – in addition to Chilblains, his fingers swell from coming from outside to a cold house.

At the age of 21, the pain was so bad that Karen was taken to the hospital and infusion of hormone -like drugs that expanded blood vessels to improve circulation was given.

However, as the summers in the UK became warmer and increasingly air conditioning in the public area, Karen realized that his condition worsened in the summer months.

‘I can plan this in winter-I know I will need handles and hot clothes-but it is more difficult at a 30-degree temperature’ he says.

“ `I can wear shorts and t -shirts outside, but if I go inside as in a shopping center and if I have air conditioning, I will need my gloves and hood. When people are usually in vests and shorts, they wonder and wonder why I am dressed like that. ‘

Karen tries to avoid places such as shopping centers and gyms that tend to be air conditioning but can be caught. He says: ‘I went to the theater lately and had air conditioning. I was dressed well for one night and I wasn’t prepared – I just had a small pair of gloves with me.

“ I wore them, but the air conditioner was so strong that I got painful Chilblains and swelling in a few minutes. He ruined the whole night for me. I managed to see the whole show, but that was painful. ‘

Karen also cannot take air conditioning in his car – so any passenger must be overwhelmed.

Orum If they feel too hot, I put it a little for people, but just as far as I can – then I have to close it, or he says. ‘I should also have a heated steering wheel.’ ‘

On vacation, Karen cannot even get a dive in the pool because it involves going from hot weather to cool water.

Karen tries to avoid places like shopping centers and gyms that tend to become air conditioning, and usually have a pair of gloves with it

‘I can’t face the risk of swimming, but instead I swim on a lilo,’ he says.

Sue Farrington, although it is as common as hay fever, Raynaud’s is not relatively known and can affect people’s ability to do daily tasks, ” he says. ‘And three million experience attacks all year round.’

Although Raynaud’s is associated with cold weather, ‘What can trigger an attack is actually going from warm to coldness from cold to coldness, SCleroderma & Raynaud’s England in England Gemma Cornwell.

More people come to us while fighting in an office, shops and other air -conditioned areas.

‘It means that the movement can restrict the movement on its fingers and cannot even write on a keyboard. And you still want hot and air in the office to be really low. ‘

Philanthropy encourages the affected colleagues to make Raynaud know what they have.

Gemma Cornwell, “ If you are working in an office under a fan or air conditioning unit – ask for movement, Gem says Gemma Cornwell.

Other steps to be considered include a portable heater and a heated mouse and light/soft touch keyboard.

‘We recommend that you think of being a pair of gloves – even if it looks a little strange in these hot weather,’ he adds. (It is not necessary to wear gloves all day, just entering a place with a cooler temperature.)

A theory is the narrowing of the blood vessels in the extremities to prevent heat loss from key areas such as hearts – so it is very important to keep the entire body warm (not only extremities).

Cornwell, “ We recommend you to wear thin layers – it helps to have a layer of clothes close to your seed, ” says Mrs. Cornwell.

Also less pronounced [than thick gloves] If you have another layer under T-shirt. There are also heated hand and foot heaters you can get – including those you can put in your pockets if you want to be more hidden. ‘

He explains that the attacks can be triggered by stress. ‘Even worrying about an attack may cause an attack, so try to manage stress levels.’

Karen now has preventive treatment in the form of regular drug infusions every three months.

Drugs (Iloprost or epoprostenol) improve circulation by expanding blood vessels. Prostaglandins belong to a group called hormone -like substances naturally found in the body and their effects last for weeks.

Karen says, “There is five days a day in the hospital for six hours a day, five days in a row every three months,” Karen says. ‘This is tiring, but the only way to work for the next few weeks.’

It also continues to avoid the air conditioner as consciously as possible.

“ I love the hot air and it must be time to give a break from my situation ‘he says. ‘But instead, the air conditioner that gives everyone comfortable brings my life to hell.’

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