Rheum4, I had that while taking nifedipine for the raynaud's. Once I stopped it, the redness and heat went away. Now I take sildenafil and that no longer happens.

Raynaud's hit 16 or 17 years prior to the RA diagnosis. I've taken a couple of meds for it. It is painful and using my hands and feet during an attack is both difficult and painful. Please let your rheumatologist or primary care provider know. Keep warm!

It is terrible. With all the foot surgeries I have numbness in my left foot 1,2,3 toes. I have to be careful walking. I have hit the ground a few times because I have awful balance issues. Meds vs clumsiness . None of my body parts are cooperating this week. I feel a flare coming on. I tried to decrease my prednisone. My rheumatologist thinks that I’ve lost it. None of my meds seem to be working right now. I see the doctor in two weeks . He will tell me to get back on my prednisone. Right now I’m tired of pills and especially when they don’t work. My idea of decreasing steroids is because I have had mouth and tongue sores with the dental crap. At least I will see if my mouth will heal up. I called the dentist to find out what metal is used to make the partial. No call back yet . It’s probably nickel We will figure something out. My mouth started having sores after the fourth day of wearing the partial. We already tried the yeast med. Diflucan. So we shall see.
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Follow up with doctor whether rheumatologist or PCP. I would want to know what is going on. It may be RA related with all its complications. Do keep your feet warm. Use a heating pad but not too hot. I like thermal socks. Keep feet elevated to improve circulation.

Craziest thing… I have the opposite of this. My hands turn bright red and become very hot. It’s called palmar erythema. It affects my feet as well.

This is common with R.A. So is Raynaud’s