We recruited a population of people who clinically suffer from the symptoms of erythromelalgia, red, hot, painful feet made worse by heat and improved by cooling, to better characterise this population and measure their quality of life (QOL). Ninety-two individuals completed the QOL surveys, and 56 individuals were clinically assessed. There was a 3 : 1 ratio of females to males with an average...

Erythromelalgia is an unusual syndrome of painful vasodilatation. Aetiopathology is probably different in children and adults. Presentation can be severe and associated with hypertension. Dramatic benefit from infused nitroprusside suggests the disorder could represent a dysfunctional endothelium.

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica Vol 25 No 1 March 2016 A 35-year-old woman presented with acute onset of left foot numbness on awakening in the morning two days ago, followed by burning pain at night before sleep. The pain could be relieved by taking analgesics, but the numbness persisted. She had similar attack over the distribution of left ulnar nerve half a year ago. The presentation was acute on...