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Disease Information for Cryoglobulinemia
- Clinical Manifestations
- Signs & Symptoms
- Necrosis/nose tip/extremities signs
- Regional pallor/vasospasm
- Vasospasm of extremities/Signs
- White/blanching area discoloration
- Cold exposed areas/purpuric lesions
- Cold urticaria
- Fever and Rash
- Necrotizing lesions/cold exposed areas
- Purpura
- Rash
- Rash on extremities
- Rash on legs/ankles
- Rash triggered by cold exposure
- Tender nodules
- Painful finger pads
- Painful/finger tips
- Hypesthesia
- Numbness/hands
- Arthralgias Polyarthralgias
- Joint Pains
- Joint pains Arthralgias in Children
- Cold intolerance
- Fever
- Flu-Like Syndrome
- High body temperature
- Clinical Presentation & Variations
- Pulmonary Renal Syndromes
- Nephritis Syndrome Low Complement
- Disease Progression
- Course/Chronic disorder
- Course/Chronic only
- Demographics & Risk Factors
- Established Disease Population
- Patient/Hepatitis C
- Population Group
- Child
- Population/Pediatrics population
- Event, Activity, Behavioral & Seasonal Factors
- Event/Wintertime
- Sex & Age Groups
- Population/Child
- Population/Child-Infant Only
- Population/Children/all
- Laboratory Tests
- Abnormal Lab Findings (Non Measured)
- Complement C4 very low/C3 Slight Decrease
- Rouleaux RBC pattern/blood smear (Lab)
- Abnormal Lab Findings - Decreased
- Complement (total CH50) level (Lab)
- Abnormal Lab Findings - Increased
- Cryoglobulins (Lab)
- Gamma globulin (Lab)
- Globulin, serum (Lab)
- IGG/Immunoglobulin G (Lab)
- IGM/Immunoglobulin M (Lab)
- Lactic Dehydrogenase (LDH LH) (Lab)
- Rheumatoid factor (Lab)
- Rouleaux formation (Lab)
- Sed Rate/ESR/Sedimentation rate (Lab)
- URINE Bence Jones protein
- URINE Protein (Albumin)
- Diagnostic Test Results
- Pathology
- BX/Skin biopsy/Leukoclastic vasculitis
- Associated Diseases & Rule outs
- Rule Outs
- Adult Still's disease/RA presentation
- Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Vasculitis syndrome
- Associated Disease & Complications
- Acute Tubulointerstitial Nephropathy
- Cryoglobulinema
- Cutaneous vasculitis
- Glomerulonephritis, rapidly progressive
- Glomerulonephritis,membranoproliferative
- Glomerulonephritis/Glomerulitis
- Hyperglobulinemia
- Hyperviscosity syndrome
- Livedo reticularis
- Nephritis tubulointerstitial
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Polyneuritis
- Proteinuria
- Raynaud's syndrome
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Hypersensitivity/Leukoclastic Vasculitis
- Leg ulcers
- Polyneuropathy
- Proteinuria in Children
- Disease Mechanism & Classification
- Class
- CLASS/Vascular Small Vessel Disorder
- Pathophysiology
- Pathophysiology/Polyclonal IGM/cold-reacting
- Pathophysiology/Hypersensitivity Vasculitis
- Pathophysiology/Leukoclastic Vasculitis
- Pathophysiology/Peripheral hemostasis
- Pathophysiology/Small Vessel Vasculitis
- Pathophysiology/Dysproteinemia (Ex)
- Pathophysiology/Proteins/blood disorder (ex)
- Pathophysiology/Complement C4 Consumption
- Pathophysiology/Complement/immune complex event
- Pathophysiology/Immune complex disease
- Process
- PROCESS/Biochemical (category)
- PROCESS/Metabolic/storage disorder (category)
- PROCESS/Paraproteinemias (ex)
- Treatment
- Drug Therapy - Indication
- RX/Interferon alpha
- RX/Rituximab (Rituxan)
- Other Treatments
- TX/Plasmapheresis/exchange.
- TX/Treat underlying cause
- Definition
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A condition characterized by the presence of abnormal or abnormal quantities of cryoglobulins in the blood. They are precipitated into the microvasculature on exposure to cold and cause restricted blood flow in exposed areas.
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