IHIS

Introduction: IHIS

Description of IHIS

IHIS (medical condition): A rare inherited immunodeficiency disorder which causes...more »

See also:

Hyper-IgM Syndrome:
  »Introduction: Hyper-IgM Syndrome
  »Symptoms of Hyper-IgM Syndrome
  »Tests for Hyper-IgM Syndrome
  »Treatments for Hyper-IgM Syndrome

IHIS as a Disease

IHIS: Another name for Hyper-IgM Syndrome (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Hyper-IgM Syndrome
  »Symptoms of Hyper-IgM Syndrome
  »Treatments for Hyper-IgM Syndrome

IHIS: Related Diseases

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

• Primary Immune Deficiency
• Immune disorders
• Immune deficiency conditions
• Genetic Disease
• Immune system conditions

Symptoms of IHIS (Hyper-IgM Syndrome)

Some of the symptoms of IHIS incude:

• Recurring respiratory infections
• Enlarged tonsils
• Enlarged liver
• Enlarged spleen
• Chronic diarrhea

See full list of 17 symptoms of IHIS (Hyper-IgM Syndrome)

Treatments for IHIS (Hyper-IgM Syndrome)

Treatments for IHIS (Hyper-IgM Syndrome) include:

• Intravenous immunogloblulin (IVIG)
• Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) - for neutropenia
• Antibiotics - for infections or preventive maintenance.

Read more about treatments for IHIS

Treatment of IHIS: For more treatment information about IHIS, see treatment of Hyper-IgM Syndrome (IHIS)

IHIS: Article Excerpts about Hyper-IgM Syndrome

Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology (Excerpt)

Immunodeficiency with hyper-IgM (HIM) is a rare primary immunodeficiency characterized by the production...(Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)

Primary Immune Deficiency, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID (Excerpt)

Hyper-IgM is a rare immunodeficiency disease in which the immune system fails to produce IgA and IgG ... (Source: excerpt from Primary Immune Deficiency, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

IHIS: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to IHIS:

• hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
• humoral immunity
• somatic hypermutation
• SHM
• CD40 ligand
• CD40L
• CD154
• gp39
• neutropenia
• autoimmune disorders
• pneumonia
• encephalitis
• Pneumocystis carinii
• diarrhea
• Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
• sinusitis
• otitis
• sepsis
• hepatitis
• sclerosing cholangitis

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