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Porphyria is not an autoimmune disease. Although, signs and symptoms of the disease mimic lupus, which is an autoimmune disease. Autoimmune diseases are based on the immune system not being able to distinguish between its own cells and cells that are foreign in nature. On the other hand, porphyria is based on a malformation of heme precursors, called porphyrins. The name porphyria comes from Greek porphyra, which means purple pigment, and references the purple color of the urine seen in some porphyria cases.
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How do you pronounce porphyria?
Porphyria (Poor-fear-E-ah) Porphyria is not a single disease but a group of at least eight disorders that differ considerably from each other. A common feature in all porphyrias is the accumulation in the body of "porphyrins" or "porphyrin precursors." Although these are normal body chemicals, they normally do not accumulate. Precisely which of these chemicals builds up depends upon the type of porphyria.
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When the body responds to its own cells as foreign antigens this results in?
Autoimmune Disease
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Did count Dracula suffer from porphyria?
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What was count Dracula real disease?
porphyria
What disease did Count Dracula suffer from?
porphyria
What is congenital erythropoietic porphyria also called?
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cause no ones knows about it
How did George the 111 die?
from a rare disease called porphyria
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Is there any porphyria case in the Philippines?
Yes there is, but due to difficulty of diagnosing the disease and rarity of the disease some cases may be misdiagnosed already, And i dont know doctors here in Philippines have specialized in porphyria even hepatologist here had difficult time diagnosing porphyria, even medication for porphyria are not available in the philippine, Sad to say
