Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Quincke's disease
Symptoms
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Airway blockage -- involves throat swelling and sudden hoarseness - Repeat episodes of abdominal cramping without obvious cause
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Swelling in the arms, legs, lips, eyes, tongue, or throat - Swelling of the intestines -- can be severe and lead to abdominal cramping, vomiting, dehydration, diarrhea, pain, and occasionally
shock
There is usually no itching or
Signs and tests
Blood tests (ideally done during an episode):
- C1 inhibitor function
C1 inhibitor level - Complement components
C4 and C2
Images
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Review Date: 05/09/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and Stuart I. Henochowicz, MD, FACP, Associate
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology,
and Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical School. 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)
