A member asked:

What is the difference between chilblains and erythromelalgia ? no rash but everynight the feet get red, little swollen painful itchy and hot .

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Huge difference: Chilblains is usually the feet, itchy, comes from cold-wet exposure. Erythromelalgia is very red, very hot & red, stimulated by heat, often by hot sun, often 1 leg, the entire leg. Erythromelalgia is much more common among those taking a calcium channel blocker and tends to respond dramatically to a single dose of aspirin. Amlodipine and nifedipine are common CCB.

Answered 3/28/2016

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