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Public ordered by doctor to do easy one-minute test to see if they have health condition

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BBC Morning Live resident doctor and author Dr Punam Krishan is calling for the public to participate in a 60-second online test to determine if they could be one of the 10 million people in the UK impacted by Raynaud's.The condition is where the small blood vessels in the extremities, such as the hands, feet, fingers, or toes, are oversensitive to even the slightest change in temperature and, sometimes, emotional stress.

It results in the skin turning white, then blue, and finally red as circulation returns, and it can often be accompanied by numbness or pain.The symptoms are often triggered by fluctuating temperatures, with many experiencing them now that winter has kicked in.

It can be an indicator of more serious, life-limiting illnesses such as scleroderma.The symptoms include numbness, tingling, skin colour changes, pain in fingers and toes in response to different temperatures or stress, and stinging or throbbing sensation when they warm up after exposure to the cold.

Dr Krishan said: "Contributing to medical research projects doesn't have to be a complex and invasive process – mass' citizen science' projects such as the ZOE COVID Symptom Tracker App showed how valuable simple health data could be in helping medical professionals to learn more about a condition and therefore offer faster diagnosis and protect lives. "With your help, we can take similar steps forward for patients living with Raynaud's, scleroderma, and other related conditions by sparing just one minute to take SRUK's online test.

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