Google Research...
("joe hachem blood disease")
-It's a rare blood disease in his hands
("Rare blood disease hands")
-Raynaud's diesease
CNN link
-Unconfirmed, lazy, bored, rather be WSOP ME winner than chiropractor, best rare diesease ever (not nice [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img])? I've played some long inet sessions where hand numbness occured, possibly same problem?