Question

Which of the following diseases is a small vessel vasculitis, usually associated with women more than men and occurs with autoimmune diseases like SLE or scleroderma and has the "red, white and blue" color changes in the hands?
Group of answer choices

Polyarteritis nodosa

Raynaud’s disease

Temporal arteritis

Buerger’s disease

Answer 1

The disease you are referring to is **Raynaud’s disease**. It is indeed a small vessel vasculitis that is more common in women than in men and often occurs alongside autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or scleroderma. The characteristic "red, white and blue" color changes in the hands are due to the changes in blood flow during episodes of vasospasm.