GLA deficiency

Introduction: GLA deficiency

Description of GLA deficiency

GLA deficiency (medical condition): Genetic fat storage disorder...more »

See also:

Fabry's Disease:
  »Introduction: Fabry's Disease
  »Symptoms of Fabry's Disease
  »Treatments for Fabry's Disease

GLA deficiency: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for GLA deficiency:

• GLA
• Deficiency
• Deficiency disease

GLA deficiency: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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

GLA deficiency as a Disease

GLA deficiency: Another name for Fabry's Disease (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Fabry's Disease
  »Symptoms of Fabry's Disease
  »Treatments for Fabry's Disease

GLA deficiency: Related Diseases

GLA deficiency: GLA deficiency is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Genetic conditions
• Metabolic conditions
• Congenital conditions - metabolic disorders
• Congenital conditions
• Lipid metabolism conditions

Symptoms of GLA deficiency (Fabry's Disease)

Some of the symptoms of GLA deficiency incude:

• Eye symptoms
• Cloudiness of the cornea
• Burning sensations in hands and feet - worse with exercise and hot weather
• Reddish-purple skin blemishes - small and raised
• Gastrointestinal problems

See full list of 44 symptoms of GLA deficiency (Fabry's Disease)

Treatments for GLA deficiency (Fabry's Disease)

Treatments for GLA deficiency (Fabry's Disease) include:

• Pain relief - for hand and feet pain
  • Tegretol (carbamazepine)
  • Dilantin
• Treatments for gastrointestinal symptoms:
  • Metoclopramide

See full list of 7 treatments for GLA deficiency

Treatment of GLA deficiency: For more treatment information about GLA deficiency, see treatment of Fabry's Disease (GLA deficiency)

GLA deficiency: Article Excerpts about Fabry's Disease

Fabry's disease is a fat storage disorder caused by a deficiency of an enzyme ... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Fabry's Disease Information Page: NINDS)

GLA deficiency: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to GLA deficiency:

• lysosomal storage disease
• anhidrosis
• fatigue
• angiokeratoma
• vortex keratopathy
• cataracts
• conjunctival aneurysm
• optic atrophy
• macular edema
• papilloedema
• tinnitus
• vertigo

Terms associated with GLA deficiency:

Terms Similar to GLA deficiency:

• Hereditary dystopic lipidosis
• Fabry disease
• Alpha-galactosidase A deficiency
• Anderson-Fabry disease
• Angiokeratoma, diffuse

Source - NIH

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