What is Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency?

What is Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency?

• Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency: A very rare disorder involving a deficiency of dopamine beta-hydroxylase which affects production of noradrenaline and adrenaline and results in symptoms such as low blood pressure on standing, droopy eyelids and stuffy nose.

Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency, or a subtype of Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency: Introduction

Types of Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency:

Broader types of Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency:

• Genetic conditions
• Metabolic conditions
• Congenital conditions - metabolic disorders
• Congenital conditions
• more types...»

How serious is Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency?

Prognosis of Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency: symptoms tend to become worse during adolescence and early adulthood
Complications of Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency: see complications of Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency

What causes Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency?

Causes of Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency: see causes of Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency

What are the symptoms of Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency?

Symptoms of Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency: see symptoms of Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency

Complications of Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency: see complications of Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency

Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency: Testing

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency: Medical Geneticist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency.
Treatments for Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency: see treatments for Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency
Research for Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency: see research for Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency

Name and Aliases of Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency

Main name of condition: Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency

noradrenaline (norepinephrine) deficiency, Congenital dopamine beta hydroxylase deficiency, DBH deficiency, Noepinephrine deficiency, Noradrenaline deficiency

Congenital dopamine beta hydroxylase deficiency, DBH deficiency, Noepinephrine deficiency, Noradrenaline deficiency
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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