Friday, February, 10, 2012

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

Table of Contents

Alternative Names

G-6-PD deficiency; Hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency; Anemia - hemolytic due to G6PD deficiency


Treatment

Treatment may involve:

  • Medicines to treat an infection, if present
  • Stopping any drugs that are causing red blood cell destruction
  • Transfusions, in some cases

Support Groups


Expectations (prognosis)

Spontaneous recovery from a hemolytic episode is the usual outcome.


Complications

Rarely, kidney failure or death may occur following a severe hemolytic event.


Calling your health care provider

Call for an appointment with your health care provider if you have symptoms of this condition.

Call your health care provider if you have been diagnosed with G6PD deficiency and symptoms do not disappear after treatment.


Review Date: 03/28/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and James R. Mason, MD, Oncologist, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Processing Lab, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)