Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
What is erythromelalgia? Erythromelalgia (ur-i-thruh-muh-lal-jah) is a rare condition in which excess blood flow causes periodic symptom flares. It’s a chronic condition, meaning that it stays with you for life. Erythromelalgia symptoms, which often include burning pain, worsen over time.
Erythromelalgia or Mitchell's disease (after Silas Weir Mitchell) is a rare vascular peripheral pain disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the lower extremities or hands, are episodically blocked (frequently on and off daily), then become hyperemic and inflamed.
Erythromelalgia is a rare condition that primarily affects the feet and, less commonly, the hands (extremities). It is characterized by intense, burning pain of affected extremities, severe redness (erythema) and increased skin temperature that may be episodic or almost continuous in nature.
Erythromelalgia is a rare skin disorder that causes redness, warmth, and pain primarily in your feet, legs, arms, and hands. Learn more about this condition.
Erythromelalgia is a rare clinical syndrome characterized by a triad of redness, warmth, and burning pain, most notably affecting the extremities. It usually affects the lower extremities (most commonly feet) or may involve upper extremities (hands) in few cases.
Erythromelalgia (EM) is a rare neurovascular condition that most commonly affects the feet, but may also occur in the hands, face, or other parts of the body. The term neurovascular means that both nerves and blood vessels are involved.
Erythromelalgia is a rare syndrome in which small arteries (arterioles) of the skin dilate periodically, causing a burning pain, making the skin feel hot, and making the feet and, less often, the hands turn red. Erythromelalgia is a functional peripheral arterial disease.
What is erythromelalgia? Erythromelalgia is characterised by intense burning pain, erythema (marked redness), and increased skin temperature, primarily of the feet and hands. It is classified into primary and secondary erythromelalgia. Erythromelalgia is also known as erythermalgia.
Erythromelalgia (EM) is a rare debilitating disorder characterized by episodes of burning pain associated with red, hot feet and occasionally hands (Figure). Feet and hands may be swollen during symptoms, although edema is not universally present or reported.
Erythromelalgia is distressing paroxysmal vasodilation of small arteries in the feet and hands and, less commonly, in the face, ears, or knees; it causes burning pain, increased skin temperature, and redness. A rare hereditary form of erythromelalgia starts at birth or during childhood.