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What Causes Painful Red Rashes Around The Knuckles After Exposure To Cold?
Even in a normal indoors workday, if my hands or feet get a bit cold, they develop a red burning flat rash beginning at knuckles and extending almost painfully onto the back of hands or top of feet. Warming makes it go away. They do not turn blue or white.
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* As per my clinical experience, this condition indicates underlying skin sensitivity to the particular temperature changes in the climate.
* The best way to control is its prevention with use of gloves and other stuffs to avoid direct exposure of hands to excess cold.
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What Causes Painful Red Rashes Around The Knuckles After Exposure To Cold?
Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. * As per my clinical experience, this condition indicates underlying skin sensitivity to the particular temperature changes in the climate. * The best way to control is its prevention with use of gloves and other stuffs to avoid direct exposure of hands to excess cold. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.