What is Erythromelalgia?

What is Erythromelalgia?

• Erythromelalgia: A rare disorder characterized by periods of burning pain, redness and warmth in the feet and hands.
• Erythromelalgia: Disease marked by paroxysmal, bilateral vasodilatation, particularly of the extremities, with burning pain, and increased skin temperature and redness.
  Source - Diseases Database

Erythromelalgia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Erythromelalgia, or a subtype of Erythromelalgia, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Erythromelalgia as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

Erythromelalgia: Introduction

Types of Erythromelalgia:

Broader types of Erythromelalgia:

• Skin conditions
• more types...»

How serious is Erythromelalgia?

Prognosis of Erythromelalgia: progressive severity resulting eventually in disability
Complications of Erythromelalgia: see complications of Erythromelalgia

What causes Erythromelalgia?

Causes of Erythromelalgia: see causes of Erythromelalgia
Cause of Erythromelalgia: Dilation of the blood vessels.

What are the symptoms of Erythromelalgia?

Symptoms of Erythromelalgia: see symptoms of Erythromelalgia

Complications of Erythromelalgia: see complications of Erythromelalgia

Erythromelalgia: Testing

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Erythromelalgia.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Erythromelalgia: see treatments for Erythromelalgia
Prevention of Erythromelalgia: see prevention of Erythromelalgia

Organs Affected by Erythromelalgia:

Organs and body systems related to Erythromelalgia include:

• Skin
• Fingers
• Toes

Name and Aliases of Erythromelalgia

Main name of condition: Erythromelalgia

red neuralgia, Gerhardt disease, Mitchell disease, Weir-Mitchell disease, Primary erythermalgia, ETHA

Erythermalgia, Weir Mitchell's disease Source - Diseases Database

ETHA, Primary erythermalgia
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Erythromelalgia:

• Mitchell's disease
• Acromelalgia
• Small fiber peripheral neuropathy
• Autoimmune disorders
• Primary erythromelalgia
• Erythema

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