Familial Mediterranean fever

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Familial Mediterranean fever

• Fever or alternating chills and fever (relapsing)
• Abdominal pain
• Chest pain that occurs repeatedly (recurrent)
• Recurrent abdominal pain, recurrent
• Recurrent joint pain
  • Pain in hip, knee, ankle, shoulder elbow or wrist
  • Pain over the small joints of the foot or hand
  • Pain in other joints
• Skin lesions that are red and swollen and range from 5-20 cm in diameter

There is no specific test to diagnose this disease. Sometimes analysis of the chromosomes can help. Elimination of other possible diseases by laboratory tests or x-rays will help determine the diagnosis.

Patients with familial Mediterranean fever may have any of the following during an attack:

• Elevated white blood cell count
• Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
• Elevated plasma fibrinogen
• Elevated serum haptoglobin
• Elevated ceruloplasmin
• Elevated C-reactive protein

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