Red hands and feet

[nmkgirl07]

My hands and my feet started to get very red about 3 or 4 years ago for no apparent reason. It has gotten worse as I've gotten older. My hands and feet will get really hot and red. If I do any physical activity my hands and feet will turn very red and be very hot and I can feel the heat radiating off my hands and feet. If I am outside and the weather is hot and I am wearing flipflops my feet will get beat red and so will my hands. I dont feel any pain but it is uncomfortable because i can feel something happening in my feet and even my legs. If i take a hot shower my feet and legs become beat red and my legs get blue even and I dont know why. If I am walking in the mall the same thing will happen to my feet; they get very red and hot. Or even if I go outside in the cold and then come back inside my hands will get red and start to get really warm. I've been to the doctor about it and have taken several blood tests but nothing has shown up. If i raise my hands above my head the redness will dissapear in seconds and they are not as hot anymore, but if i leave my hands by my sides I can just feel the blood rushing to my hands and turn beat red. Also my hands and feet will be very cold in the winter and sometimes turn blue or even red when they are very cold. It has gotten worse this winter and I don't understand why it happens or what i can do. I think that could possibly be Raynauds but I dont think when my hands and feet get red and hot that that could be Raynauds. I have tried look it up on the internet, but I can't find anything on it or what it could possibly be. I dont do much physical activity which my doctor said could relate that and i also have fatigue which he also said could relate to that also. Does anyone know what this is?

[logie48]

Looking to see if there is a link here.

I suffer from red hands/feet and also facial flushing.

I did take Accutane for months when I was 16 and remember looking back now my symptoms started after this course.

Anyone who has this with their hands or feet ever been on Accutane?

[Immamalama]

Erythromelalgia i think I have this for real! But can it also go into spine? I cannot lie flat or sideways or i go numb in exremities and burn up my spine. My body acts like raynauds but i dont have raynauds. Who can i see for this? im beginning to lose use of my left arm and can now feel going into my right.  The burning burns so badly and bothers me so much when i lie down especialy. because of pressure. i can feel it into my head and around y heart too. Anybody can I talk to?

[3tiff3]

I have had red hands for two or three years now. The color disappears when I raise them above my heart. Very embarrassing. This was a symptom I was told was Raynold's but I also recently found out I have a  cortisol hormone out of whack. I am not over weight and don't have the obvious signs of cortisol being out of balance. It might be worth checking it out and making sure it's not that.

[Tiffany_Whatley]

my son is 2 years old and his hands get extremely hot and red on the palms of his hands. they used to be very soft to the touch but now they seem a lot rougher like they are callused. .. I'm going to make appointment with the doctor tomorrow does anyone have any suggestions as to what he might have because he is much younger than most of you have said... his symptoms have been going on for almost two weeks now and in the middle of the night he will scratch his hands almost obsessively, as if they are extremely itchy. if anyone has any suggestions please help me figure this out! Ps. I did have a cold just before his symptoms started showing up and I'm not sure if that might have anything to do with it...

[Jubble]

I'm only 13 and I experience this problem everyday. I also get red hot ears a lot, and so does my dad, and we share a lot of back problems. Could that mean anything? Mine seems to act up especially in school, and since mine is old, it might be wood or dust, since thats what usually seems to cause mine.

[Geoff10]

Could be acrocyanosis

[Geoff10]

Acrocynosis could be the cause in some of these posts. Its characterised by redness with a bluish tinge in the hands, feet and sometimes the nose and ears. Its possible that its the hands or feet only. Occurs more in people with a low BMI and in women. Symptoms are worse when exposed to cold weather and are greatly reduced when its warm. The discolouration will also go when you raise the affected area above your heart. Its a disorder that restricts blood flow in the region affected so you will also have cold hands or feet especially in cold weather. There's no cure however other than having cold reddish blue extremities in cold weather its not dangerous to your general health when it is the primary cause of the symptoms.