White, numb fingers: What causes this?

Q.	I often experience numbness in my fingers. When this happens, the skin on my hands turns ghostly white. What causes numb fingers? No name / No state given see response Mayo Clinic hypertension specialist Sheldon Sheps, M.D., and colleagues answer select questions from readers.

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