Acroerythrosis

Acroerythrosis (acroerythrosis; acro- + Greek erythros red + -oz; synonym: ankylosing spondylitis acroerythrosis, ankylosing spondylitis erythrosis, Stelzner congenital acroangioneurosis) is a chronic disease of peripheral vessels, characterized by symmetrical damage to the distal extremities with the development of persistent redness and swelling of the hands and feet.

The disease was first described by V.M. Bekhtereva in 1908. Women aged 20-40 years are most often affected. The reasons for the development of acroerythrosis are not completely clear. Consider hereditary constitutional predisposition, vegetative-vascular dysfunction.

Characteristic clinical manifestations: persistent hyperemia of the palms and soles, edema, “orange peel” skin changes. There are convulsive pains, paresthesias, and a burning sensation in the fingers. The course is chronic, undulating.

Diagnosis is based on the clinical picture and thermography data. Treatment is mainly conservative: vascular and metabolic drugs, physiotherapy. If ineffective, surgical methods (sympathectomy, nerve transplantation) are used. The prognosis is favorable.

Acroanemyrosis is a congenital disease of the blood vessels of the skin in the form of “redness” of the surface and acute pain from accidental cuts. A special vascular defect contributes to the appearance of the disease. Simply put, small blood vessels in the skin sometimes rupture when the child moves, blood accumulates and comes out in the form of redness. Moreover, the violation can form either in one place or form a spot throughout the skin. Quite often, the patient feels pain at the site of redness, and the skin may become warm or itchy. In addition, acroanemyrosis can appear due to overload of muscle or weak blood vessels of the skin. The capillary itself becomes less elastic due to the influence of substances that are formed when blood pressure increases, harmful or hereditary.