Symptoms of Gaucher disease can start in infancy, childhood, or adulthood.

Symptoms of Type 3 Gaucher disease begin during early childhood with symptoms like Type 1.

The symptoms of Gaucher disease can be stopped and even reversed by treatment with injections of enzyme replacements.

Three types of Gaucher disease have been identified, but there are many variations in how symptoms develop.

Gaucher disease is the most common lysosomal storage disease. It was named for the French physician Phillipe Gaucher who first described it in 1882. The disease is caused by a lack of glucocerebrosidase, which causes a buildup of glucocerebroside in the tissues.