Anyone else here got Reynaud's? How do you keep your hands warm?

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Disclaimer - currently seeing GP ref changing meds etc to try and reduce symptoms, so no medical advice please!

I suffer with Raynaud's Disease/Syndrome and in this weather have the devil of a time trying to keep my fingers from getting cold and going into that lovely, white numb mode! Sat at the keyboard will usually set them off, as does driving and restocking the local bar I run. I do have some fingerless compression sports type gloves that help a bit and I'm begrudgingly thinking about getting some proper gloves to use in the car. Any tips for keeping my fingers warmer? Turning up the heating in the house isn't an option (much, MUCH too expensive), and sitting on them stops me from typing/gaming so if you suffer with it how do you manage it?

I know "Wear gloves" is the obvious answer but they get in the way with food prep/hand washing etc.

Obvs I'm to smear them in mustard and get a queen wasp to sting them as my dad kills them for a living, or something.....:p:D
 
Some good ideas here! I've had it several years, but has got much much worse this winter (losing 40kg since May last year has made me generally a lot colder, as well as reducing my blood pressure).
Some good ideas to look into ta :)

Put your hands down the front of your trousers Al Bundy style?
Sometimes the only way to get my hands back to normal is to bung 'em in hot water for a bit or sit with them tucked under m armpits for half an hour lol
 
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