Emergency Therapy in Hereditary Angioedema due to C1-INH-Deficiency
Emergency symptoms of oedema in the upper respiratory tract may include
any of the following:
- Pressure or lump sensation in the throat
- Difficulties in swallowing
- Husky voice
- Respiratory distress or shortness of breath
Good to know: Suffocation cannot occur while asleep because any such emergency leads to awakening.
Attention!
Laryngeal oedema may remain undetected during clinical examination of the throat!
Imprint
This information was compiled by:
Competency Centre for HAE in accordance with Section 116b, Department of Paediatrics and Internal Medicine, Dr W. Kreuz,
Dr E. Aygören-Pürsün, Dr I. Martinez-Saguer, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main
www.klinik.uni-frankfurt.de
HAE Centre Mainz, Department of Dermatology, Prof. Dr K. Bork, Dr P. Staubach-Renz, Johannes Gutenberg University Hospital, Mainz
www.hautklinik-mainz.de
Applicability of this emergency therapy recommendation: Federal Republic of Germany
Status: July 2011
More information on HAE:
www.schwellungen.de www.angioedema.de