Early Sunday morning on Jan. 18, I called 911 for my first-ever ambulance ride as a patient. I was in extreme pain in what seemed to be every joint in my body. On the way, I was diagnosed with a slight fever. And that was just the beginning. I was…
Routine screening for inherited thrombophilia, genetic risk factors linked to excessive blood clotting, is not needed for people with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA), including cold agglutinin disease (CAD), according to a study. Although people with AIHA are known to face a higher risk of blood clots, inherited thrombophilia risk…
A combination of cold agglutinin disease (CAD) and previously undetected hemochromatosis, a condition marked by excessive iron accumulation in the body’s organs, was likely the cause of severe liver damage in a woman in her 40s in the U.S., a case study reports. Although the woman carried only one…
Discussion
Although my Scrabble scores may suggest otherwise, I have always been a logophile — a person deeply fascinated by and enamored with words. So it was with double delight that I recently discovered a new term: post-exertional malaise (PEM). PEM is defined as “a delayed worsening of symptoms that occurs…
For people with hard-to-treat cold agglutinin disease (CAD), long-term treatment with Enjaymo (sutimlimab-jome)Â may offer lasting disease control, even with less frequent infusions than recommended, according to a small real-world study in Italy. Enjaymo was found to quickly reduce red blood cell destruction, ease anemia, and eliminate the need…
Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is a rare disorder in which the immune system mistakenly attacks red blood cells, resulting in anemia.
CAD is characterized by autoantibodies, called cold agglutinins, binding to and activating the destruction of red blood cells when exposed to cold temperatures.
Symptoms of CAD include fatigue, Raynaud’s syndrome, joint pain, jaundice or skin discoloration, and heart problems. These symptoms can worsen with more cold exposure.
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