The Case of the Red Extremities

CASE PRESENTATION: A 37-year-old man with severe obstructive sleep apnea presented to the emergency department with burning pain, redness and swelling in his hands and feet, worsening for several weeks. Pertinent laboratory studies revealed polycythemia. DISCUSSION: Erythromelalgia is a clinical dia...

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Autores principales: Abarikwu, Kelechi, Komara, James S., Urumov, Andrej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022
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Images in Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8885232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35226858
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2021.10.52891
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description CASE PRESENTATION: A 37-year-old man with severe obstructive sleep apnea presented to the emergency department with burning pain, redness and swelling in his hands and feet, worsening for several weeks. Pertinent laboratory studies revealed polycythemia. DISCUSSION: Erythromelalgia is a clinical diagnosis characterized by painful burning, erythema, warmth, and edema usually involving the distal extremities. Therapeutic goals are focused on symptom reduction, while also managing the underlying condition in cases of secondary erythromelalgia. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies have proven to be of limited success.
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spelling pubmed-88852322022-03-01 The Case of the Red Extremities Abarikwu, Kelechi Komara, James S. Urumov, Andrej Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Images in Emergency Medicine CASE PRESENTATION: A 37-year-old man with severe obstructive sleep apnea presented to the emergency department with burning pain, redness and swelling in his hands and feet, worsening for several weeks. Pertinent laboratory studies revealed polycythemia. DISCUSSION: Erythromelalgia is a clinical diagnosis characterized by painful burning, erythema, warmth, and edema usually involving the distal extremities. Therapeutic goals are focused on symptom reduction, while also managing the underlying condition in cases of secondary erythromelalgia. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies have proven to be of limited success. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8885232/ /pubmed/35226858 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2021.10.52891 Text en © 2022 Abarikwu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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