Erythromelalgia, the Glossary
Erythromelalgia or Mitchell's disease (after Silas Weir Mitchell) is a rare vascular peripheral pain disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the lower extremities or hands, are episodically blocked (frequently on and off daily), then become hyperemic and inflamed.[1]
Table of Contents
85 relations: Action potential, Addiction, Amitriptyline, Ampere, Analgesic, Aspirin, Autoimmune disease, Axon, Blood vessel, Bromocriptine, Capillary, Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt, Complex regional pain syndrome, Dominance (genetics), Dorsal root ganglion, Duloxetine, Ectromelia virus, Edema, Ergot, Erythema, Essential thrombocythemia, Fabry disease, Gabapentin, Group C nerve fiber, Hand, Human leg, Hyperaemia, Hypercholesterolemia, Inflammation, Insomnia, Intravenous therapy, Ion channel, Journal of Medical Genetics, Ketamine, Lidocaine, Magnesium, Mean, Melon, Membrane potential, Mercury poisoning, Mexiletine, Misoprostol, Molecular Pain, Morphine, Muscle tone, Mushroom poisoning, Myeloproliferative neoplasm, Neuron, Neuropathology, Nifedipine, ... Expand index (35 more) »
Action potential
An action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell rapidly rises and falls.
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Addiction
Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behavior that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences.
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Amitriptyline
Amitriptyline, sold under the brand name Elavil among others, is a tricyclic antidepressant primarily used to treat major depressive disorder, and a variety of pain syndromes such as neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, migraine and tension headaches.
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Ampere
The ampere (symbol: A), often shortened to amp,SI supports only the use of symbols and deprecates the use of abbreviations for units.
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Analgesic
An analgesic drug, also called simply an analgesic, antalgic, pain reliever, or painkiller, is any member of the group of drugs used for pain management.
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Aspirin
Aspirin, also known as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to reduce pain, fever, and/or inflammation, and as an antithrombotic.
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Autoimmune disease
An autoimmune disease is a condition that results from an anomalous response of the adaptive immune system, wherein it mistakenly targets and attacks healthy, functioning parts of the body as if they were foreign organisms.
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Axon
An axon (from Greek ἄξων áxōn, axis) or nerve fiber (or nerve fibre: see spelling differences) is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, in vertebrates, that typically conducts electrical impulses known as action potentials away from the nerve cell body.
Blood vessel
Blood vessels are the structures of the circulatory system that transport blood throughout the human body.
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Bromocriptine
Bromocriptine, originally marketed as Parlodel and subsequently under many brand names, is an ergoline derivative and dopamine agonist that is used in the treatment of pituitary tumors, Parkinson's disease, hyperprolactinaemia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and, as an adjunct, type 2 diabetes.
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Capillary
A capillary is a small blood vessel, from 5 to 10 micrometres in diameter, and is part of the microcirculation system.
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Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt
Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt (there are several variations regarding the arrangement of his 3 middle names; 5 May 1833 – 22 July 1902) was a German internist born in Speyer.
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Complex regional pain syndrome
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS Type 1 and Type 2) is a severe form of chronic pain, in which pain from a physical trauma outlasts the expected recovery time.
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Dominance (genetics)
In genetics, dominance is the phenomenon of one variant (allele) of a gene on a chromosome masking or overriding the effect of a different variant of the same gene on the other copy of the chromosome.
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Dorsal root ganglion
A dorsal root ganglion (or spinal ganglion; also known as a posterior root ganglion) is a cluster of neurons (a ganglion) in a dorsal root of a spinal nerve.
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Duloxetine
Duloxetine, sold under the brand name Cymbalta among others, is a medication used to treat major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain and central sensitization.
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Ectromelia virus
Ectromelia virus (ECTV) is a virus of the family Poxviridae and the genus Orthopoxvirus that causes mousepox, a disease of mice.
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Edema
Edema (AmE), also spelled oedema (BrE), and also known as fluid retention, dropsy, hydropsy and swelling, is the build-up of fluid in the body's tissue.
Ergot
Ergot or ergot fungi refers to a group of fungi of the genus Claviceps.
Erythema
Erythema is redness of the skin or mucous membranes, caused by hyperemia (increased blood flow) in superficial capillaries.
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Essential thrombocythemia
In hematology, essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a rare chronic blood cancer (myeloproliferative neoplasm) characterised by the overproduction of platelets (thrombocytes) by megakaryocytes in the bone marrow.
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Fabry disease
Fabry disease, also known as Anderson–Fabry disease, is a rare genetic disease that can affect many parts of the body, including the kidneys, heart, brain, and skin. Erythromelalgia and Fabry disease are rare diseases.
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Gabapentin
Gabapentin, sold under the brand name Neurontin among others, is an anticonvulsant medication primarily used to treat partial seizures and neuropathic pain.
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Group C nerve fiber
Group C nerve fibers are one of three classes of nerve fiber in the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS).
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Hand
A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered appendage located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs.
Human leg
The leg is the entire lower limb of the human body, including the foot, thigh or sometimes even the hip or buttock region.
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Hyperaemia
Hyperaemia (also hyperemia) is the increase of blood flow to different tissues in the body.
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Hypercholesterolemia
Hypercholesterolemia, also called high cholesterol, is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the blood.
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Inflammation
Inflammation (from inflammatio) is part of the biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants.
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Insomnia
Insomnia, also known as sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder where people have trouble sleeping.
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Intravenous therapy
Intravenous therapy (abbreviated as IV therapy) is a medical technique that administers fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a person's vein.
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Ion channel
Ion channels are pore-forming membrane proteins that allow ions to pass through the channel pore.
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Journal of Medical Genetics
The Journal of Medical Genetics is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of medical genetics, including reviews of and opinion on the latest developments.
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Ketamine
Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic used medically for induction and maintenance of anesthesia.
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Lidocaine
Lidocaine, also known as lignocaine and sold under the brand name Xylocaine among others, is a local anesthetic of the amino amide type.
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Magnesium
Magnesium is a chemical element; it has symbol Mg and atomic number 12.
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Mean
A mean is a numeric quantity representing the center of a collection of numbers and is intermediate to the extreme values of a set of numbers.
Melon
A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit.
Membrane potential
Membrane potential (also transmembrane potential or membrane voltage) is the difference in electric potential between the interior and the exterior of a biological cell.
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Mercury poisoning
Mercury poisoning is a type of metal poisoning due to exposure to mercury.
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Mexiletine
Mexiletine (INN) (sold under the brand names Mexitil and Namuscla) is a medication used to treat abnormal heart rhythms, chronic pain, and some causes of muscle stiffness.
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Misoprostol
Misoprostol is a synthetic prostaglandin medication used to prevent and treat stomach and duodenal ulcers, induce labor, cause an abortion, and treat postpartum bleeding due to poor contraction of the uterus.
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Molecular Pain
Molecular Pain is a peer-reviewed open access medical journal covering all aspects of research on pain.
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Morphine
Morphine, formerly also called morphia, is an opiate that is found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin produced by drying the latex of opium poppies (Papaver somniferum).
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Muscle tone
In physiology, medicine, and anatomy, muscle tone (residual muscle tension or tonus) is the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, or the muscle's resistance to passive stretch during resting state.
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Mushroom poisoning
Mushroom poisoning is poisoning resulting from the ingestion of mushrooms that contain toxic substances.
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Myeloproliferative neoplasm
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are a group of rare blood cancers in which excess red blood cells, white blood cells or platelets are produced in the bone marrow.
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Neuron
A neuron, neurone, or nerve cell is an excitable cell that fires electric signals called action potentials across a neural network in the nervous system.
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Neuropathology
Neuropathology is the study of disease of nervous system tissue, usually in the form of either small surgical biopsies or whole-body autopsies.
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Nifedipine
Nifedipine, sold under the brand name Procardia among others, is a calcium channel blocker medication used to manage angina, high blood pressure, Raynaud's phenomenon, and premature labor.
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Nociceptor
A nociceptor is a sensory neuron that responds to damaging or potentially damaging stimuli by sending "possible threat" signals to the spinal cord and the brain.
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Obstructive sleep apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep-related breathing disorder and is characterized by recurrent episodes of complete or partial obstruction of the upper airway leading to reduced or absent breathing during sleep.
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Oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of cancer.
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Opioid
Opioids are a class of drugs that derive from, or mimic, natural substances found in the opium poppy plant.
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Pain disorder
Pain disorder is chronic pain experienced by a patient in one or more areas, and is thought to be caused by psychological stress.
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Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.
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Paralepistopsis acromelalga
Paralepistopsis acromelalga is a basidiomycete fungus in the Tricholomataceae family.
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Paralepistopsis amoenolens
Paralepistopsis amoenolens is an agaric fungus in the Tricholomataceae family.
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Pergolide
Pergolide, sold under the brand name Permax and Prascend (veterinary) among others, is an ergoline-based dopamine receptor agonist used in some countries for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
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Polycythemia vera
In oncology, polycythemia vera (PV) is an uncommon myeloproliferative neoplasm in which the bone marrow makes too many red blood cells.
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Pregabalin
Pregabalin, sold under the brand name Lyrica among others, is an anticonvulsant, analgesic, and anxiolytic amino acid medication used to treat epilepsy, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, restless legs syndrome, opioid withdrawal, and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
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Psychological stress
In psychology, stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure.
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Quinolone antibiotic
Quinolone antibiotics constitute a large group of broad-spectrum bacteriocidals that share a bicyclic core structure related to the substance 4-quinolone.
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Raynaud syndrome
Raynaud syndrome, also known as Raynaud's phenomenon, is a medical condition in which the spasm of small arteries causes episodes of reduced blood flow to end arterioles. Erythromelalgia and Raynaud syndrome are Vascular-related cutaneous conditions.
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Resting potential
A relatively static membrane potential which is usually referred to as the ground value for trans-membrane voltage.
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Sciatica
Sciatica is pain going down the leg from the lower back. Erythromelalgia and Sciatica are peripheral nervous system disorders.
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Sensory nerve
A sensory nerve, or afferent nerve, is an anatomic term for a nerve that contains exclusively afferent nerve fibers.
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Silas Weir Mitchell (physician)
Silas Weir Mitchell (February 15, 1829 – January 4, 1914) was an American physician, scientist, novelist, and poet.
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Sir Thomas Barlow, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Barlow, 1st Baronet, (4 November 1845 – 12 January 1945) was a British royal physician, known for his research on infantile scurvy.
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Skin
Skin is the layer of usually soft, flexible outer tissue covering the body of a vertebrate animal, with three main functions: protection, regulation, and sensation.
Small fiber peripheral neuropathy
Small fiber peripheral neuropathy is a type of peripheral neuropathy that occurs from damage to the small unmyelinated and myelinated peripheral nerve fibers. Erythromelalgia and small fiber peripheral neuropathy are peripheral nervous system disorders.
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Sodium channel
Sodium channels are integral membrane proteins that form ion channels, conducting sodium ions (Na+) through a cell's membrane.
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Sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 9
Sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 9 (also Nav1.7) is a sodium ion channel that in humans is encoded by the SCN9A gene.
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Step therapy
Step therapy, also called step protocol or a fail first requirement, is a managed care approach to prescription.
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Stephen Waxman
Stephen George Waxman (born 1945) is an American neurologist and neuroscientist.
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Sympathetic nervous system
The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is one of the three divisions of the autonomic nervous system, the others being the parasympathetic nervous system and the enteric nervous system.
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Systemic scleroderma
Systemic scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis, is an autoimmune rheumatic disease characterised by excessive production and accumulation of collagen, called fibrosis, in the skin and internal organs and by injuries to small arteries.
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Thomas Lewis (cardiologist)
Sir Thomas Lewis, CBE, FRS, FRCP (26 December 1881 – 17 March 1945) was a Welsh cardiologist.
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Ticlopidine
Ticlopidine, sold under the brand name Ticlid, is a medication used to reduce the risk of thrombotic strokes.
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Tramadol
Tramadol, sold under the brand name Ultram among others, is an opioid pain medication and a serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) used to treat moderately severe pain.
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University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.
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Vascular smooth muscle
Vascular smooth muscle is the type of smooth muscle that makes up most of the walls of blood vessels.
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Venlafaxine
Venlafaxine, sold under the brand name Effexor among others, is an antidepressant medication of the serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) class.
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Verapamil
Verapamil, sold under various trade names, is a calcium channel blocker medication used for the treatment of high blood pressure, angina (chest pain from not enough blood flow to the heart), and supraventricular tachycardia.
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Volt
The volt (symbol: V) is the unit of electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI).
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythromelalgia
Also known as Acromelalgia, Burning man syndrome, Erythermalgia, Inherited Erythromelalgia, Man on fire syndrome, Mitchell's disease, Primary erythromelalgia, Primary inherited erythromelalgia, Red neuralgia, .
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