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Painful Rash On Back
Acute intermittent porphyria; Hereditary coproporphyria; Congenital erythropoietic porphyria; Erythropoietic protoporphyria
Symptoms
Porphyrias involve three major symptoms:
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Abdominal pain or cramping (only in some forms of the disease) -
Light sensitivity causingrashes , blistering, and scarring of the skin (photodermatitis) - Problems with the nervous system and muscles (
seizures , mental disturbances, nerve damage)
Attacks can occur suddenly, usually with severe abdominal pain followed...
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