Wilson's Disease information needed.?

Treatment, and outcome!? DO you have it?

Wilson's disease was discovered by Samuel A. K. Wilson, an English neurologist who lived from 1818-1937. (There's your history) It's a rare inherited disorder whereby a decrease in cerulolpasmin causes copper to accumulate slowly over time in the liver, to then be released and to accumulate in other body parts. Hemolysis and hemolytic anemia occur when the copper accumulates in red blood cells. Accumulation in the brain destroys tissue and may cause tremors, muscle rigidity, poor speech articulation and dementia. There will be diminished kidney function and the liver becomes cirrhotic.

The best outcome comes from early diagnosis and treatment. The early symptoms would be those of anemia. Treatment includes reducing copper in the diet and the use of copper-binding agents (to remove copper from the body) and penicillamine, a medication which chelates heavy metals and is used to treat Wilson's, cystinuria and rheumatoid arthritis.

Wilson's also goes by another name: hepatolenticular degeneration.

And no, I don't have it.

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