Wilsons Diseas
No Description
MORE DECKS TO EXPLORE
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Untitled Slide
- Wilson's disease is a genetic disorder in which copper builds up in the body. Symptoms are typically related to the brain and liver. Liver related symptoms include vomiting, weakness, fluid build up in the abdomen, swelling of the legs, yellowish skin, and itchiness. Brain related symptoms include tremors, muscle stiffness, trouble speaking, personality changes, anxiety, and seeing or hearing things that others do not.
SIGNS AND SYMPTONS
- The main sites of copper accumulation are the liver and the brain, and consequently liver disease and neuropsychiatric symptoms are the main features that lead to diagnosis.
LIVER DISEASE
- Liver disease may present itself as tiredness, increased bleeding tendency or confusion due to hepatic encephalopathy and portal hypertension
WILSON
- Wilson's disease
