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PORPHYRIA FACTS: PSYCHIATRIC - IRRITABILITY
Can irritability beassociated with acute attacks of porphyria?
Irritability can be associated with acute attacks.
SOURCE:
Meditext Informational Systems
Disease Index
Porphyria
1999
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Irritability is the state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance;
fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.
Often is a part of the mental change during the onset of an acute attack.
SOURCE:
Dr. Kenneth Carlson
Neuropsyhchiatric
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Irritability is an excessive response to stimuli.
SOURCE:
Adam Ratner, M.D.,
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, PA.
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Irritability is seen with some metabolic diseases, such as the porphyrias.
SOURCE:
Dr. Kenneth Carlson
Neuropsychiatric Medicine
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Irritability can be a very early sign of impending problems.
SOURCE:
Adam Ratner, M.D.,
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, PA.
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Although irritability cannot be taken as a symptom or sign of any specific illness,
it should arouse early suspicion that something might be wrong even though
there may not yet be other symptoms.
SOURCE:
Adam Ratner, M.D.,
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, PA.
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Irritability can be seen in diabetes, hypoclycemia, and other metabolic diseases
such as the porphyrias.
SOURCE:
Robert Johnson MD
Internal Medicine
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Irritability can be associated with acute attacks.
SOURCE:
Meditext Informational Systems
Disease Index
Porphyria
1999
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