A woman’s medication caused a burning sensation in her legs and the loss of one of her toes. These are symptoms of ergotism (also known as St. Anthony’s fire), a rare condition that cause outbreaks in medieval Europe, as Live Science details:
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The 24-year-old woman went to the doctor after she suddenly began to experience a severe burning pain in her legs, from her midthigh down to her toes, according to the report, published Wednesday (July 22) in The New England Journal of Medicine. She also had discoloration in her feet and trouble walking, and both legs were cold to the touch, according to the authors, from Government Medical College in Thiruvananthapuram, a city in southern India. Four days earlier, she had started taking a medication called ergotamine for migraine headaches. The woman was also born with HIV and was taking several antiviral medications to treat the disease.
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