drpkaur
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A 45yr old male was admitted to ER with symptoms of projectile vomitting ,abdominal pain,mental confusion,anxiety etc..after taking phenobarbital ..what's the diagnosis??what's the cause ??
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| robin082006
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Acute intermittent porphyria
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| drpkaur
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that's very fast....which enzyme deficiency.
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| robin082006
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uroporphyrinogen I synthetase
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| drpkaur
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or PBG-deaminase or hydroxymethylbilane synthase or pre-uroporphyrinogen synthase...all are the same.
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| Cedrick
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Ok so the patient had a bad trip with some "reds" phenobarbital,but how do you come to the conclusion to that Dx
is it because they are more suseptible ?
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| Cedrick
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never mind,hahaha
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