Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency

Introduction: Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency

Description of Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency

Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency (medical condition): A rare enzyme abnormality involving a deficiency of the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase which causes premature destruction of red blood cells. The excessive destruction of red blood cells can be triggered by certain infections or drugs or by eating fava beans.

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Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency:
  »Introduction: Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
  »Symptoms of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency:

• Hemolytic anemia (122 causes)
• G6PD deficiency
• Hemolytic
• Anemia (810 causes)
• G6PD
• Deficiency

Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency: Rare Disease

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

Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency, or a subtype of Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency as a Disease

Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency: Another name for Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
  »Symptoms of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Symptoms of Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency (Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency)

Some of the symptoms of Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency incude:

• Anemia due to destruction of red blood cells
• Neonatal jaundice
• Favism
• Asymptomatic
• Shock

See full list of 18 symptoms of Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency (Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency)

Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency:

• X-linked recessive hereditary disease
• haemolytic anemia
• diabetic ketoacidosis
• kernicterus
• primaquine
• sulfonamides
• analgesics
• aspirin

Terms associated with Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency:

Terms Similar to Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency:

• Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
• G6PD deficiency

Source - NIH

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