Vexas syndrome was discovered only two years ago and has already caused the death of two out of ten people who were diagnosed with this disease in Portugal. Public.
The first description of an illness that causes inflammation, extreme fatigue, fever, anemia, blood clots, and low platelet counts was presented in a scientific journal. New England Journal of Medicinein 2020.
The disease mainly affects men over 50 and can be quite common. A study in the scientific journal JAMA indicates that one in every 4,269 North Americans over the age of 50 may suffer or become ill with the syndrome.
The first victim of this syndrome in Portugal died in October 2022 and has been complaining since 2016. It wasn’t until 2021, through the exchange of information between doctors and the spread of knowledge, that he became known to have Vexas.
At the moment, several Portuguese doctors are part of an international “task force” of more than 50 specialists studying this disease, which is still untreatable.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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