The Importance of Patient Empowerment: A Clinical Case of Hereditary Angioedem

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare condition characterized by recurrent episodes of angioedema without urticaria or pruritus. Untreated angioedema can cause significant work absenteeism and, in rare cases, be lethal due to laryngeal involvement and suffocation. The authors report a case of a pati...

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Autores principales: Santos, Guida Maria, Andrade, Filipa M, Marrana, Catarina, Gouveia, Sara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Family/General Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10668623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38021619
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47644
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description Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare condition characterized by recurrent episodes of angioedema without urticaria or pruritus. Untreated angioedema can cause significant work absenteeism and, in rare cases, be lethal due to laryngeal involvement and suffocation. The authors report a case of a patient with laryngeal involvement who was unaware of the severity of their condition. Effective medical training in patient empowerment is essential, and it is an irreplaceable element in healthcare, as it contributes to therapeutic success.
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spelling pubmed-106686232023-10-25 The Importance of Patient Empowerment: A Clinical Case of Hereditary Angioedem Santos, Guida Maria Andrade, Filipa M Marrana, Catarina Gouveia, Sara Cureus Family/General Practice Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare condition characterized by recurrent episodes of angioedema without urticaria or pruritus. Untreated angioedema can cause significant work absenteeism and, in rare cases, be lethal due to laryngeal involvement and suffocation. The authors report a case of a patient with laryngeal involvement who was unaware of the severity of their condition. Effective medical training in patient empowerment is essential, and it is an irreplaceable element in healthcare, as it contributes to therapeutic success. Cureus 2023-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10668623/ /pubmed/38021619 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47644 Text en Copyright © 2023, Santos et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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