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Chelcie Lynn (born August 9, 1987) [3] is an American internet personality, actress and stand-up comedian [4] who began her internet career on the video sharing platform Vine as her character, Trailer Trash Tammy. [5] She posted her first original Vine in 2013 [6] and moved to YouTube to continue sharing content after the platform was ...
Raynaud syndrome, also known as Raynaud's phenomenon, is a medical condition in which the spasm of small arteries causes episodes of reduced blood flow to end arterioles. [1] Typically the fingers, and, less commonly, the toes, are involved. [ 1 ]
The acronym "CREST" refers to the five main features: calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia. [ 2 ] CREST syndrome is associated with detectable antibodies against centromeres (a component of the cell nucleus ), and usually spares the kidneys (a feature more common in the related condition ...
Raynaud’s phenomenon, which causes parts of the body like the fingers and the toes to go cold and numb, likely stems from two genes, a study published Thursday in the journal Nature ...
The term Raynaud's does this and is the term used by the NIH. This ref specifically says "People who have primary Raynaud's (Raynaud's disease) or secondary Raynaud's (Raynaud's phenomenon)" Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:36, 1 October 2016 (UTC) Support this is the ICD10 preferred name. We and all medical naming conventions are ...
Maurice Raynaud was the son of a university professor. He commenced his medical studies at the University of Paris with the help of his uncle, the well known Paris physician Ange-Gabriel-Maxime Vernois (1809–1877), and obtained his medical doctorate in 1862.
Other common symptoms include mechanic's hands, Raynaud's phenomenon, arthritis, and fever. [4] It is still unknown what causes interstitial lung disease associated with antisynthetase syndrome. [5] Many antisynthetase antibodies have been reported with anti-Jo1 being the most prevalent. [6]
Livedo reticularis is a common skin finding consisting of a mottled reticulated vascular pattern that appears as a lace-like purplish discoloration of the skin. [1] The discoloration is caused by reduction in blood flow through the arterioles that supply the cutaneous capillaries, resulting in deoxygenated blood showing as blue discoloration ().