Weird body and joint flushing- any ideas?

[PA Dancer]

At time I will have redness on my upper chest.

My fingers and toes will turn white and sting mostly in the winter. I usually just rub them to get the circulation back into them.

And I also get this red and flesh colored spotty blotchiness on my hands and legs at times.

Reading a lot of the posts, I am wondering how many people have some kind of circulation problem...and there was another thread about digestive problems that I thought was interesting.

[kkarabetsos]

I started to have burning and flushing of my ears, face, neck, elbows, knees, and back of hands. I get super hot, bright red, and burn. I feel like I have a severe sunburn. This redness and burning last about 1 hour. Doctors have no idea what I have. I had alot of tests for adrenal, etc done too. Has anyone found a diagnosis for this condition? Where can I get a red light. I might try that. Thanks.

[Nathini]

The only time I ever had flushing like that was several years ago when I bought a bottle of vitamins without noticing that they had a really high niacin content. Whenever I took them I flushed on my face, wrists, elbows, knees and on the inside of my fore arms. I can't remember much about it now but it lasted longer than 20 minutes but probably less than an hour. Turned out I was one of those people who are sensitive to niacin. Don't know if that will help you but it's all the help I have to offer so I thought I would throw it in.

[phlika29]

Out of interest Artist posted up an article on the RSC where it mentioned that the beta blockers propanolol can cause peripheral dilation

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/art...?artid=1876203

So for those people on it (such as me) they may find that there hands and feet get a little red. I checked it out with Dr Chu and he said it isnt a problem.

[Cahlynn]

I have many of the same symptoms and am waiting to see my dermatologist. I wondered if you found out anything?