Safety reminder for everyone affected by the winter storm, but especially for those who have nervous system conditions:

Please take extra measures to stay indoors, and keep warm! The cold is hard on the nervous system and is a vasoconstrictor. Minimize exposure if you can!

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Everything You Need To Know About Progressive Muscle Relaxation.
Would´ve been my only "cure" at a rehab clinic in 2003, but I got cramps in my fingers and toes from the secondary #RaynaudSyndrome, so I had to stop.
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10 Subtle Signs of Disease Your Feet Can Reveal.
Secondary #RaynaudSyndrome is not mentioned, my right foot has no toenails anymore at all, on the left foot they´re all crippled. The toes get blue if it´s cold and crampy.
www.thehealthy.com/foot-care/fo...

I didn´t know that you can strengthen your vagus nerve, but cold water is a taboo for me, I have secondary #RaynaudSyndrome.
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"Raynaud’s (ray-NODES) is a disorder of the small blood vessels of the extremities, reducing blood flow. When exposed to cold, the blood vessels go into spasms, which may cause pain, numbness, throbbing and tingling."

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"Raynaud’s syndrome, or Raynaud’s phenomenon, is a rare disorder that affects the cutaneous arterioles and can cause them to abnormally vasoconstrict, temporarily limiting blood flow."
#RaynaudSyndrome www.rheumatologyadvisor.com/ddi/raynauds...