Raynauds Phenomenon

This is the third episode of a Rheumatology e-Learning Module inspired by the EULAR Campaign 'Don't Delay, Connect Today' and made possible by Association of Arthritis and Rheumatism – Malta (ARAM).

Learning Objectives

1. Ability to recognise and diagnose Raynaud's Phenomenon
2. Ability to differentiate between Primary and Secondary Raynaud's Phenomenon.
3. Ability to counsel and treat patients with Raynaud's Phenomenon.
4. To appreciate when it is appropriate to refer patients with Raynaud's Phenomenon to a Specialist Centre.

Goals of this video

To raise awareness of the need for early diagnosis of Raynaud's phenomenon.
To advise Healthcare Professionals how to counsel and treat patients with Raynaud's Phenomenon
To become familiar with features that would help to differentiate between Primary and Secondary Raynaud's Phenomenon
To guide Healthcare Professionals about when it is appropriate to refer patients with Raynaud's Phenomenon to a Specialist Centre


Partner Organisation Rheumatology Unit, Mater Dei Hospital

Accreditation Valid Until 8th November 2019

Medical Association of Malta as representative of UEMO 0.5 Credits
Malta College of Family Doctors applied for

Release Date: November 2018

[sherrymerola]

Excellent, very informative . Thank you

[LisaRichards_]

I wish doctors who is big deeper in the private time and find a drug that is a long time solution, since Raynauds lasts til you die.
It’s nice that you are explaining Raynauds to someone that has no idea what it is, but for the rest of us, it would be nice to find a doctor that will take the time to find a better solution than things like nifedipine, which Is the equivalent of “take two aspirins to call me in the morning.”.
It is just lazy that after 50 years, doctors merely just repeat each other, and we patients are still stuck up the creek, suffering from this medical condition, and no real remedy that a patient can take for a lifetime.
“Just relieve their anxiety.”
What about relieving the patients’ symptoms though? Thanks
How about alleviating the damn symptoms?
The idea should also be to prevent attacks, and they don’t just immediately go away because you put on a hat.
It takes sometimes up to a half hour for it to go away.
You can’t even take Cc blockers if you have high blood pressure.
Why don’t you take a calcium channel blocker for the next two years, and see how you feel from it?

[malorieedie]

I have raynaud in both my hands 🙌🏽 since day 1 🙁. Feels like a seasonal thing. Like when it gets really cold out my fingers turn white 🙁. Not fun

[asbestosflake]

Every morning I come out the shower and my hands, knees, elbows and feet got blistering, red and itchy af. Especially once I leave the house. It started in June and it’s not even cold. Wtf.
34 year old healthy male.

[LisaRichards_]

It is a shame that all doctors have told patients for 50 years about this awful medical issue is to take a drug that causes splitting headaches and heart attacks.