What is SCID?
What is SCID?
- SCID: Major failure of the immune system, usually genetic.
- SCID: X-linked or autosomal recessive disorder characterized by defects of both humoral and cell mediated immunity, resulting in low or absent antibody levels, leukopenia, marked susceptibility to infections, and early death.--2004
Source - Diseases Database
- SCID: a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes; children with it are susceptible to infectious disease; if untreated it is lethal within the first year or two of life.
Source - WordNet 2.1
SCID is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that SCID, or a subtype of SCID,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
SCID: Introduction
Types of SCID:
Types of SCID:
- SCID with ADA deficiency - X-linked common type
- SCID from IL-2 receptor gamma chain deficiency - X-linked common type
- X-linked SCID
- MHC Class II Deficiency (Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome)
- DiGeorge syndrome
- ADA Deficiency
- more types...»
Broader types of SCID:
How many people get SCID?
Prevalance of SCID: approximately 1-per-500,000 (NIDCD); 1-per-million
Prevalance Rate of SCID: approx 1 in 500,000 or 0.00% or 543 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of SCID:
Approximately one in
every million people develop SCID (Source: excerpt from Primary Immune Deficiency, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Who gets SCID?
Patient Profile for SCID: Infants. Usually symptoms within 3 months.
How serious is SCID?
Complications of SCID:
see complications of SCID
What causes SCID?
Causes of SCID: see causes of SCID
Causes of SCID: All forms of SCID are inherited.
(Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)
...
A number of genetic abnormalities can
cause SCID. The two most common forms are linked to the X
chromosome. Patients with abnormalities on this chromosome either 1)
lack an enzyme called adenosine deaminase (ADA), or 2) lack the
ability to produce IL-2 receptor gamma chain, a molecule that T
cells need to communicate with B cells. (Source: excerpt from Primary Immune Deficiency, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
What are the symptoms of SCID?
Symptoms of SCID:
see symptoms of SCID
Complications of SCID:
see complications of SCID
Can anyone else get SCID?
Contagion of genetic conditions:
generally not; see details in contagion of genetic diseases.
Inheritance:
see inheritance of SCID
Inheritance of genetic conditions: see details in inheritance of genetic diseases.
SCID: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for SCID.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and SCID.
How is it treated?
Treatments for SCID:
see treatments for SCID
Research for SCID:
see research for SCID
Organs Affected by SCID:
Organs and body systems related to SCID include:
Name and Aliases of SCID
Main name of condition: SCID
Class of Condition for SCID: genetic
Other names or spellings for SCID:
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease, bubble boy disease, Severe combined immunodeficiency, Severe combined immunodeficiency due to adenosine deaminase deficiency, Severe combined immunodeficiency, alymphocytotic type, SCID1, Agammaglobulinemia, Swiss type
Severe combined immune deficiency
Source - Diseases Database
Severe combined immunodeficiency, Severe combined immunodeficiency disease, SCID
Source - WordNet 2.1
Agammaglobulinemia, Swiss type, Bubble boy disease, SCID1, Severe combined immunodeficiency due to adenosine deaminase deficiency, Severe combined immunodeficiency, alymphocytotic type, SCID1, Severe combined immunodeficiency due to adenosine deaminase deficiency, Severe combined immunodeficiency, alymphocytotic type, Severe combined immunodeficiency, Agammaglobulinemia, Swiss type, SCID1, Severe combined immunodeficiency due to adenosine deaminase deficiency, Severe combined immunodeficiency, alymphocytotic type, Severe combined immunodeficiency, Agammaglobulinemia, Swiss type, Bubble boy disease
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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