For a woman with erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) in China, the first symptoms did not involve the skin, as is typical, but rather the liver, drawing doctors’ attention to an unusual […] The post Rare EPP case starts with symptoms in liver, not skin, report finds appeared first on Porphyria News.| Porphyria News – The Web's Daily Resource for Porphyria News
Hundreds of patients in Japan with unexplained abdominal pain go untested for acute hepatic porphyria (AHP), despite showing a number of the condition’s hallmark symptoms, a study suggests. Among those […] The post Many with unexplained abdominal pain go untested for AHP appeared first on Porphyria News.| Porphyria News – The Web's Daily Resource for Porphyria News
The case of a woman, 43, with variegate porphyria who developed acute psychosis highlights a less common symptom that can occur in patients.| Porphyria News
Sudden delusions and paranoia experienced by a 41-year-old woman without a psychiatric history were triggered by an undiagnosed case of acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), according to a case report. The […] The post Undiagnosed AIP triggers woman’s sudden psychiatric symptoms appeared first on Porphyria News.| Porphyria News – The Web's Daily Resource for Porphyria News
An AIP diagnosis should be weighed with vomiting, stomach pain, high blood pressure, low sodium, or constipation, the researchers said.| Porphyria News
A longer delay in the diagnosis of erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is associated with a negative impact on patients’ lives, particularly at the emotional level, according to a recent study in the […] The post Longer delay in diagnosis negatively impacts EPP patients’ lives: Study appeared first on Porphyria News.| Porphyria News – The Web's Daily Resource for Porphyria News
A combined liver and kidney transplant successfully treated a woman with severe AIP, according to a case report.| Porphyria News
The cases of six women with acute intermittent porphyria, five of whom were misdiagnosed, show the challenges of getting an AIP diagnosis.| Porphyria News
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