Porphyria
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Porphyrias are a group of genetic disorders caused by problems with how your body makes a substance called heme. Heme is found throughout the body, especially in your blood and bone marrow, where it carries oxygen.
Porphyrias affect the skin or the nervous system. People with the skin type develop blisters, itching, and swelling of their skin when it is exposed to sunlight. The nervous system type is called acute porphyria. Symptoms include pain in the chest or abdomen, vomiting, and diarrhea or constipation. During an attack, symptoms can include muscle numbness, tingling, paralysis, cramping, and personality or mental changes. Certain triggers can cause an attack, including some medicines, smoking, drinking alcohol, infections, stress and sun exposure. Attacks develop over hours or days. They can last for days or weeks.
Porphyria can be hard to diagnose. It requires blood, urine and stool tests. Each type has a different treatment. It usually involves medicine, treatment with heme or drawing blood.
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Relation of porphyria to atrial fibrillation.
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emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Variegate porphyria (VP) is an inherited disorder of porphyrin-heme metabolism arising from mutations of the gene encoding the enzyme protoporphyrinogen oxidase.1, 2, 3, 4 Manifestations of variegate porphyria in any given individual may include cutaneous ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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Variegate porphyria is an inherited disorder characterized by photosensitivity, systemic symptoms, or both. Learn more. http://bit.ly/9oXldZ
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda: eMedicine Dermatology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is a term encompassing a group of disorders in which activity of the heme synthetic enzyme uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) is deficient.1 Porphyria cutanea tarda includes familial types with UROD gene mutations ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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Porphyria cutanea tarda is a genetic condition in which heme is not made properly resulting in sunlight sensitivity. http://bit.ly/cx24cT
Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria: eMedicine Dermatology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Erythropoietic porphyria (EP) is a rare inborn error of porphyrin-heme synthesis inherited that is as an autosomal recessive trait. The inheritance of 2 mutant alleles for the gene encoding the enzyme uroporphyrinogen III synthase leads to ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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Congenital erythropoietic protoporphyria is a genetic disorder involving a deficiency of the enzyme ferrochelatase. http://bit.ly/91GRwn
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emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Porphyrias are metabolic disorders of heme synthesis. Partial enzymic deficiencies result in excessive accumulation and excretion of 5-aminolevulinic acid, porphobilinogen, and/or porphyrins. Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is the most common of the porphyrias in North America ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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Skin blisters which form and burst after minor trauma or sun exposure may lead to a diagnosis of pseudoporphyria. http://bit.ly/cMEIme
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emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Bullous dermatosis of dialysis is a syndrome of cutaneous fragility and blistering.1, 2 The skin lesions clinically and histologically resemble those of porphyria cutanea tarda. Lesions predominantly occur in sun-exposed skin, most often on the ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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