Familial dysautonomia, type II

Introduction: Familial dysautonomia, type II

Description of Familial dysautonomia, type II

Familial dysautonomia, type II (medical condition): A rare disorder characterized mainly by insensitivity to pain and inability to sweat.

See also:

Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV:
  »Introduction: Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV
  »Symptoms of Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV
  »Treatments for Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV

Familial dysautonomia, type II: Related Topics

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Familial dysautonomia, type II: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Familial dysautonomia, type II is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Familial dysautonomia, type II, or a subtype of Familial dysautonomia, type II, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Familial dysautonomia, type II as a Disease

Familial dysautonomia, type II: Another name for Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV
  »Symptoms of Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV
  »Treatments for Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV

Symptoms of Familial dysautonomia, type II (Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV)

Some of the symptoms of Familial dysautonomia, type II incude:

• Fever
• Self-mutilation
• Insensitivity to pain
• Mild mental retardation
• Developmental delay

See full list of 37 symptoms of Familial dysautonomia, type II (Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV)

Treatments for Familial dysautonomia, type II (Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV)

Treatments for Familial dysautonomia, type II (Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV) include:

• There is no known cure but treatment is based on managing symptoms as they arise and taking measures to prevent accidental injury that can occur due to a lack of pain sensation. Patients will accidentally injure themselves, even break bones, without realizing and these traumas need to be treated quickly to prevent complications or further damage

Read more about treatments for Familial dysautonomia, type II

Treatment of Familial dysautonomia, type II: For more treatment information about Familial dysautonomia, type II, see treatment of Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV (Familial dysautonomia, type II)

Terms associated with Familial dysautonomia, type II:

Terms Similar to Familial dysautonomia, type II:

• HSAN IV
• Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy IV
• Insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis
• CIPA
• Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis

Source - NIH

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