Symptoms and Signs of Gaucher’s disease

Symptoms and Signs of Gaucher’s disease

The signs and symptoms of type 1 Gaucher’s disease include:

Skeletal abnormalities, including thinning of your bones (osteopenia), bone pain and bone fractures
Enlarged liver (hepatomegaly) or (splenomegaly), or both
A decrease in healthy red blood cells (anemia)
Excessive fatigue
A greater susceptibility to bruising, which may mean you have a low number of blood platelets (thrombocytopenia)
Yellow spots in your eyes (pingueculae)
Delayed puberty
Nosebleeds

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The clinical features of type 2 Gaucher’s disease include:

Brain problems, including mental retardation or dementia
Rigidity
Seizures

The clinical features of type 2 Gaucher’s disease include:

Brain problems, including mental retardation or dementia
Abnormal eye movements
Loss of muscle coordination

Published on Oct 05, 2011
Last Updated on Sep 19, 2014

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