Letter: Burning feet.

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...

Cutaneous thermal thresholds in patients with painful burning feet.

Small nerve fibre sensory function was assessed by psychophysical estimates of cutaneous thermal thresholds in 30 patients who presented with the symptoms of painful burning feet. Thresholds were abnormal in 12 and normal in 18 patients although symptoms in the two groups were very similar. Various hypotheses for the mechanism of pain in small fibre neuropathy have been proposed previously and ...

A 24-year-old Ethiopian Farmer with Burning Feet

Podoconiosis is a non-infectious tropical disease caused by exposure of bare feet to irritant alkalic clay soils. This causes an asymmetrical swelling of the feet and lower limbs due to lymphoedema. This swelling is called "elephantiasis" and may lead to severe disability of the patient. It is found in areas of tropical Africa, Central and South America and north-west India, where such soils co...