đ§ââī¸ The Vampire disease đ§ââī¸
āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ ‘Twilight Saga’/ ‘The Vampire Diaries’ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ˛ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻĢā§ Vampire āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§āĻˇāĻžā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ°āĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻ°ā§āĻĒā§ Vampire āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§§ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻāĻŽ āĻšā§āĻŦāĻšā§ Vampire āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ!!
The Vampire disease/ Porphyria āĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ
‘Genetic Disorder’ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻĻā§āĻšā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ āĻāĻļā§ Porphyrin āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
đ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ?
âļ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻļāĻ°ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° RBC āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ
āĻāĻļ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ Porphyrin āĻĨā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĨā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻāĻŽ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻļā§āĻ˛ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ° āĻ
āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ¸āĻ˛ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻāĻŽ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻŦā§ āĻāĻ Porphyrin āĻāĻ° āĻšāĻŋāĻŽā§ āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻ°ā§āĻ°ā§ Porphyrin āĻāĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
đ āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ Vampire āĻāĻ° āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ?
âļ Porphyria āĻāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻāĻžāĻāĻĒ-
ā§§. Acute Porphyria (āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ Porphyrin āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ Nervous System āĻ)
ā§¨. Cutaneous Porphyria (āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ Porphyrin āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ Skin āĻāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§, āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨)āĨ¤
đĩ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻāĻ°āĻŖāĻ
âļ Vampire āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯ā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ ‘Cutaneous Porphyria’ āĻāĻ° Patient āĻĻā§āĻ° sunlight exposure āĻ skin blistering āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĨā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĨ¤
đ´ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ
âļ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻāĻā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻš āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
đ´ āĻā§ āĻā§ Symptoms āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§?
âļ 1. Acute Porphyria:
đˇ Seizure,
đˇ Chest/ Abdominal pain,
đˇ Vomiting,
đˇ High blood pressure,
đˇ High heart rate.
âļ2. Cutaneous Porphyria (most common):
đˇ Skin blistering in sunlight exposure,
đˇ Overgrowth of facial hair,
đˇ Urine discoloration,
đˇ Brownish teeth.
đĩ āĻā§ āĻā§ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ diagnose āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§?
đļ Blood test,
đļ Urine test,
đļ Stool test,
đļ Genetic testing/ DNA testing (as it’s a rare genetical disease)
đ´ āĻā§ āĻā§ complications āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§?
đˇ Paralysis,
đˇ Low blood sodium levels,
đˇ Seizures.
đ Treatment āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦā§?
âļ It actually depends on type (Porphyria cutanea tarda is believed to be the most common type) & symptoms. Treatment of porphyria of the skin generally involves the avoidance of sunlight, while treatment for acute porphyria may involve giving intravenous heme or a glucose solution. Rarely, a liver transplant may be carried out.
đ āĻĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻžāĻ
âļ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻāĻžāĻ ‘Rare’ āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯ā§ reported patient āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° ā§§ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻāĻ¨āĨ¤
References:
“porphyria”. GHR. July 2009. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
“Porphyria | NIDDK”. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
Stein, PE; Badminton, MN; Rees, DC (February 2017). “Update review of the acute porphyrias”. British Journal of Haematology.
Ankan Banik Joy
Cumilla Medical College
Session: 2016-17