I went to the local science museum this weekend. Despite it being down the road from my work, it has taken me years to get around to going there. It was good fun, but I need to go back as it was a bit of a whistle stop tour with a nine year old in tow (actually, I was the one being towed) who was determined to show me EVERYTHING she thinks is cool there.
One of the highlights of the day was the heat screen, which shows temperature variation between whatever is in front of it. Blue means cold (about 22°C), green means cool, yellow means warm, and red means hot (about 40°C).
I found this particularly entertaining because it is the best visualisation of living with Raynaud's Phenomenon that I have ever seen.
This was my right hand on Saturday afternoon.
Notice how blue the very tips of my fingers are, nevermind most of my hand. At least my lower palm was sort of warm! I should add that I had been indoors for hours at this point and it was rather warm in there and I was not having a Raynaud's attack.
For comparisons sake, here's my hand next to someone without Raynaud's -
Quite a difference!
So yes, my hands really are that cold. Science says so!
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