During an assessment,a patient tells the nurse that her fingers often change color when she goes out in cold weather.She describes these episodes as her fingers first turning white,then blue,then red with a burning,throbbing pain.The nurse suspects that she is experiencing:

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The condition with episodes of abrupt,progressive tricolor change of the fingers in response to cold,vibration,or stress is known as Raynaud's disease.Lymphedema is described in Table 20-2;deep vein thrombosis is described in Table 20-5;chronic arterial insufficiency is described in Table 20-4.

During an Assessment,a Patient Tells the Nurse That Her Fingers