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Vibration White Finger Symptoms |
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| Vibration White Finger comes in bouts that are triggered by cold weather
or touching cold objects. |
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| A typical bout of Vibration White Finger is as follows . . . |
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At first the fingers go white and cool, due to the small blood vessels
narrowing or going into spasm |
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They then go a blue-ish colour, due to the oxygen being used up from the
reduced blood supply of the narrowed blood vessels |
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They then go bright red, due to the blood vessels opening up again and the return of a good blood flow.
This may cause tingling, throbbing and pain |
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| Sometimes these symptoms are limited to the fingertips but in more serious
cases can extend from the tips of the fingers to the hands. |
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| Feeling in the fingers may decrease, causing a loss of strength in the
hands, so it may become difficult to pick up small objects. Also the pain and tingling in the hands,
wrists and arms can make sleep difficult. |
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VWF Compensation Advice |
You may have suffered with these symptoms for some time before someone
at work has pointed out that you have White Finger.
If you would like some advice on whether you
can claim compensation for the condition, please call us on 0800 783 9535 - the call is free.
Don't worry if you have not yet seen a doctor to confirm the diagnosis, around half of the calls we
take are from people who have the symptoms without a diagnosis. |
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| All we need to start the claims process is brief details of your work history,
specifically where and when you used vibrating machinery. |
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