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erythromelalgia

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erythromelalgia /eryth·ro·mel·al·gia/ (-mel-al´jah) paroxysmal, bilateral vasodilation, particularly of the limbs, with burning pain and increased skin temperature and redness.
e·ryth·ro·me·lal·gia (-rthr-m-llj)
n.
Paroxysmal throbbing and burning pain in the skin, affecting one or both legs and feet, sometimes one or both hands, accompanied by a dusky mottled redness of the parts and associated with polycythemia vera, thrombocytemia, gout, neurological disease, or heavy-metal poisoning. Also called Mitchell's disease, red neuralgia.

erythromelalgia
[erith′rōmilal′jə]
Etymology: Gk, erythros + melos, limb, algos, pain
a rare disorder characterized by a paroxysmal dilation of the peripheral blood vessels. It occurs bilaterally, usually in the extremities, and is associated with burning, redness of the skin, and pain. erythromelalgic, adj.


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