Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
PCH
Symptoms
- Chills
Fever - Back pain
Leg pain Abdominal pain Headache - General discomfort, uneasiness, or ill feeling (
malaise ) -
Blood in the urine (red urine)
Signs and tests
Laboratory tests can help diagnose this condition.
- Bilirubin levels are high in blood and urine
- Complete blood count (CBC) shows anemia.
- Coombs test is negative.
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Donath-Landsteiner test is positive. - Level of
hemoglobin is increased during attacks. - Lactate dehydrogenase level is high.
Images
Blood cells
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Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria (PCH) 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)
