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Porfiria - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Porfiria intermitente aguda; Coproporfiria hereditaria; Porfiria eritropoyética congénita; Protoporfiria eritropoyética

Síntomas:

Las porfirias involucran tres síntomas principales:

Los ataques pueden ocurrir en forma súbita, generalmente con dolor de estómago fuerte, seguido de vómito y estreñimiento. Estar al sol puede causar dolor, sensaciones de calor, ampollas, al igual que enrojecimiento e hinchazón de la piel. Las ampollas sanan lentamente, a menudo con cicatrización o cambios en el color de la piel, y pueden ser deformantes. La orina se puede tornar de color rojo o marrón después de un ataque.

Otros síntomas pueden abarcar:

  • Dolor muscular.
  • Parálisis o debilidad muscular.
  • Entumecimiento u hormigueo.
  • Dolor en brazos y piernas.
  • Dolor de espalda.
  • Cambios de personalidad.

Los ataques algunas veces pueden ser mortales y producir:

Pruebas y exámenes:

El médico llevará a cabo un examen físico, el cual incluye la auscultación del corazón. Usted puede presentar frecuencia cardíaca rápida (taquicardia). El médico puede encontrar que los reflejos tendinosos profundos (reflejo rotuliano u otros) no funcionan en forma apropiada.

Los exámenes de sangre y orina pueden revelar afecciones renales u otros problemas. Hay exámenes especiales que pueden medir las porfirinas en la sangre.

Algunos de los otros exámenes que se pueden llevar a cabo comprenden:

  • Reviewed last on: 2/28/2011
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Anderson K. The porphyrias. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 229.

Wiley JS, Moore MR. Heme biosynthesis and its disorders: porphyrias and sideroblastic anemias. In: Hoffman R, Benz EJ Jr., Shattil SJ, et al, eds. Hoffman Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier; 2008:chap 38.

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