Becky:  I'll take a stab at this since no one else did...My impression is
that this mom may be experiencing a vaso-spasm, perhaps similar to what some
people experience in the vaso-vagal response.   Does she have any symptoms
of Raynaud's syndrome?  Did she have any symptoms during pregnancy.  If she
were my patient, I'd probably want a full physical work up (that's why I
hadn't commented earlier).  Has she seen a chiropractor?  Depending on the
answers to the above, one possible treatment would be to use niacin as a
vaso-dialator.
Chris Hafner-Eaton, PhD, MPH, CHES, IBCLC    [log in to unmask]
mom, wife, educator, lactation consultant, researcher, scientist, author,
organic gardener, photographer, lapidary creator, lousy cleaner.

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