Primary Immunodeficiency (PI)

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[HEALTHE] News Story on Primary Immunodeficiency (PI)

Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:59:00 -0500

Rebekka L. Aaron <aaron

Health and Environment Resource Center

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Jan 17, 2003

 

Watch Out for PI

 

(HealthScoutNews) -- More than 100,000 American doctors have received

a letter about a frequently overlooked, life-threatening disease that

affects more children than leukemia and lymphoma combined. ...

 

PI is an umbrella term for more than 100 genetic defects. These range

in severity from chronic sinusitis to Severe Combined Immune Deficiency

(SCIDS), which is also known as Bubble Boy Disease.

 

PI can cause serious, recurrent and life-threatening infections.

 

PI symptoms often present as common, chronic childhood illnesses such

as pneumonia, bronchitis, and ear and sinus infections. Because of that,

many doctors misdiagnose PI. ...

 

** Read the complete article (and a list of warning signs) at:

 

<http://story.news./news?tmpl=story2 & u=/hsn/20030118/hl_hsn/watch_out_f\

or_pi>

 

** Read the HTML version of the National Institute of Child Health

and Human Development (NICHD) booklet on Primary Immunodeficiency at:

 

<http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/primaryimmunobooklet.htm>

 

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