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Public ordered by doctor to do easy one-minute test to see if they have health condition
A BBC doctor is encouraging people to do a simple test to see if they have a particular health condition
BBC Morning Live resident doctor and author Dr Punam Krishan is calling for the public to participate in a 60-second online test to determine if they could be one of the 10 million people in the UK impacted by Raynaud's. The symptoms include numbness, tingling, skin colour changes, pain in fingers and toes in response to different temperatures or stress, and stinging or throbbing sensation when they warm up after exposure to the cold. The BBC star shared details about a one-minute test to take (Image: Instagram/drpunamkrishan)Dr Krishan said: "Contributing to medical research projects doesn't have to be a complex and invasive process – mass' citizen science' projects such as the ZOE COVID Symptom Tracker App showed how valuable simple health data could be in helping medical professionals to learn more about a condition and therefore offer faster diagnosis and protect lives.
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