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blood vessels popping in fingers
in the last two weeks i have had three blood vessels just pop in my fingers. i was not doing anything out of the ordinary. what could be causing this? should there be a cause for concern?
I notice that my blood vessel's burst more when I am stressed. I have Von Willebrand disease, however, my doctor has asked me to get tested for Raynaud's disease, due to the poor circulation in my hands and feet. My daughter also has Von Willebrand disease without the blood vessel's popping in her hands, however hers was more in the forearm area.
My worst episode of blood vessels "popping out of control" was while I was going through a very nasty divorce and had a very stressful day at court. That night my back felt so sore and when I looked in the mirror I seen that the entire upper left half of my back was black and blue.
Stress is part of the issue I think. I have also noticed that it happens less when I am sufficiently hydrated.
My worst episode of blood vessels "popping out of control" was while I was going through a very nasty divorce and had a very stressful day at court. That night my back felt so sore and when I looked in the mirror I seen that the entire upper left half of my back was black and blue.
Stress is part of the issue I think. I have also noticed that it happens less when I am sufficiently hydrated.
low blood pressure, thin, Raynaud's, vascular history. A few things strike me.
Auto immune hiding in the backround and nutritional deficencies. If their is a substance(read food) that irritates the GI, whether real auto immune or more like a contact dermatitis. (damn I can't remember the technical term), the GI tract gets damaged and cannot absorb a particular nutrient or enough of the nutrient. For example- people with untreated celiac most often have calcium and B12 issues. But there is research with the NIH that shows defiecencies in Niacin. And, even after being on the diet, the deficencies continue. There are also people who are born with problems absorbing nutrients.(Measuring blood levels is not the same as tissue levels and those test are way too expensive and mostly research oriented)
SoI look at it as a two edged sword. Something I am eating may keep me from absorbing nutrients as well as I may be lacking nutrients. It is almost impossible to eat all the nutrients necessary on a daily basis. (I've done a couple of hundred calculations). And I can eat all the nutrients and not have them absorbed. No wonder it is not clear cut.Traditional American nutrition and medicine scream that vitamins and minerals are not necessary in the general population, but that cannot prove to me.
My right middle finger and pointer finger in the second joint started breaking and turning blue after a trip skiing for 3 days. my gloves let my hands sweat and then freeze. a second pair of gloves and a pair of socks on top could not keep them warm or stop the pain. Now it keeps coming back. Sometimes healing, sometimes breaking out again. I just went to the vascular surgeon to have my leg varicose veins removed and the family has a history of vascular issues. What a heads up you thread has been.
My celiac is under control and I take b vitamins, so I am looking towards the grapseed and vit c. I probably need a good multi vitamin. So in my case, I have negated the auto immune, but not necessarily the diet.
Vit c has been used for everything, but in this case, it makes sense. Just one last note, I learned recently, when buying Vitamins, only spend money on ones that are USP . They are tested to have the potentecy that they say they have. I beleive there are only 3 brands out of all of them that are certified. I won't try to sell any one, but a heads up. I really wonder if the ones I have been using really work or are too old.
Auto immune hiding in the backround and nutritional deficencies. If their is a substance(read food) that irritates the GI, whether real auto immune or more like a contact dermatitis. (damn I can't remember the technical term), the GI tract gets damaged and cannot absorb a particular nutrient or enough of the nutrient. For example- people with untreated celiac most often have calcium and B12 issues. But there is research with the NIH that shows defiecencies in Niacin. And, even after being on the diet, the deficencies continue. There are also people who are born with problems absorbing nutrients.(Measuring blood levels is not the same as tissue levels and those test are way too expensive and mostly research oriented)
SoI look at it as a two edged sword. Something I am eating may keep me from absorbing nutrients as well as I may be lacking nutrients. It is almost impossible to eat all the nutrients necessary on a daily basis. (I've done a couple of hundred calculations). And I can eat all the nutrients and not have them absorbed. No wonder it is not clear cut.Traditional American nutrition and medicine scream that vitamins and minerals are not necessary in the general population, but that cannot prove to me.
My right middle finger and pointer finger in the second joint started breaking and turning blue after a trip skiing for 3 days. my gloves let my hands sweat and then freeze. a second pair of gloves and a pair of socks on top could not keep them warm or stop the pain. Now it keeps coming back. Sometimes healing, sometimes breaking out again. I just went to the vascular surgeon to have my leg varicose veins removed and the family has a history of vascular issues. What a heads up you thread has been.
My celiac is under control and I take b vitamins, so I am looking towards the grapseed and vit c. I probably need a good multi vitamin. So in my case, I have negated the auto immune, but not necessarily the diet.
Vit c has been used for everything, but in this case, it makes sense. Just one last note, I learned recently, when buying Vitamins, only spend money on ones that are USP . They are tested to have the potentecy that they say they have. I beleive there are only 3 brands out of all of them that are certified. I won't try to sell any one, but a heads up. I really wonder if the ones I have been using really work or are too old.
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