[Erythermalgia].
Erythromelalgia is a vascular acrosyndrome affecting mainly the feet and triggered by elevation of room temperature. It may be primary, or secondary, in particular to a polycythemia, when an increased platelet count plays an essential role, explaining the beneficial effect of aspirin or NSAI agents that inhibit platelet prostaglandin cyclo-oxygenase. The favorable action of beta-blockers could result from the possible existence of an anomaly of cutaneous adrenergic nerves.
Hodara
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Service des maladies cardio-vasculaires, Hôpital Cochin, Paris.
D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004916:Erythromelalgia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012881:Skin Temperature; D014664:Vasodilation
D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D001241:Aspirin
Erythermalgie.