X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia

Introduction: X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia

Description of X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia

X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia (medical condition): Immune deficiency from lack of antibodies.

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X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia:
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X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia:

• X-linked
• Linked
• Infantile
• Agammaglobulinemia

X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia as a Disease

X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia: Another name for X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia
  »Symptoms of X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia
  »Treatments for X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia

X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia: Related Diseases

X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia: X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Primary Immune Deficiency
• Immune disorders
• Immune deficiency conditions
• Genetic Disease
• Recessive Genetic Diseases
• X-linked Genetic Diseases
• X-linked Recessive Genetic Diseases
• Carrier conditions
• X Chromosome Disorders

Symptoms of X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia (X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia)

Some of the symptoms of X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia incude:

• Frequent pus-producing infections
• Inner ear infections
• Lung infections
• Sinus infections
• Pneumonia

See full list of 15 symptoms of X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia (X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia)

Treatments for X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia (X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia)

Treatments for X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia (X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia) include:

• Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) - a life-long course of treatment.
• PEG-ADA enzyme replacement therapy - for SCID with ADA deficiency.

Read more about treatments for X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia

Treatment of X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia: For more treatment information about X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia, see treatment of X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia (X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia)

X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia: Article Excerpts about X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia

XLA is sometimes called Bruton type, X-linked infantile, or congenital agammaglobulinemia. One out of 100,000 people have XLA. Defects on the X chromosome cause XLA. Only boys get XLA. That is because girls have two sets of X chromosomes, and the normal copy compensates for the faulty gene. (Source: excerpt from Primary Immune Deficiency, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia:

• transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy
• B-cell disorders
• spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia
• retinal dystrophy
• growth hormone deficiency
• pneumonia
• bacteremia
• sinusitis
• bronchiectasis
• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• Haemophilus influenzae

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