Burning-Feet Syndrome: Case Due to Malabsorption and Responding to Riboflavine

Burning-feet syndrome. Case due to malabsorption and responding to riboflavine.

A woman with the burning-feet syndrome was found on investigation to have malabsorption. The syndrome responded rapidly to intramuscular injections of 6 mg. of riboflavine daily. It is suggested that deficiency of this substance, due to malabsorption and aggravated by a defective diet and repeated pregnancies, was responsible for the syndrome in this case.

The 'Burning-Feet' Syndrome

Autosomal dominant burning feet syndrome.

Familial burning feet syndrome inherited as an autosomal dominant trait has been described in only one family. Due to an associated sensory neuropathy the autosomal dominant burning feet syndrome was suggested to represent a variant form of hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type I (HSAN I). Clinical, histopathological, and molecular genetic studies were performed in a large German kin...

Pantothenol and the burning feet syndrome.

Burning and aching of the extremities are often found in certain nutritional disorders of the nervous system and in diabetic neuropathy ; these symptoms always dominate the clinical picture of a peripheral neuropathy known as the burning feet syndrome. An excellent description of this syndrome was given by Smith & Woodruff (195 I) who observed several cases in malnourished persons in Japanese p...

Burning mouth syndrome due to herpes simplex virus type 1.

Burning mouth syndrome is characterised by chronic orofacial burning pain. No dental or medical cause has been found. We present a case of burning mouth syndrome of 6 months duration in a healthy 65-year-old woman, which was associated with high copy numbers of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) DNA in the saliva. Her pain resolved completely after antiviral treatment with a corresponding abse...