title: Raising awareness of Raynaud's phenomenon and scleroderma.
abstract: The 2005 Raynaud's and scleroderma awareness campaign aims to highlight Raynaud's phenomenon, a common episodic circulatory disorder in which the small blood vessels in the extremities are oversensitive to changes in temperature. For a small number of people, Raynaud's is one of the earliest symptoms of scleroderma, so people with Raynaud's require prompt assessment and diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Raynaud's and Scleroderma Association, Alsager, Cheshire.
authors.forename: Anne H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Mawdsley
authors.forename: Susan J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011928:Raynaud Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D013240:Stereotyping; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology