For a man in Japan, cold agglutinin disease (CAD) was complicated by pulmonary thrombosis, which occurs when a blood clot blocks a blood vessel in the lungs, and organizing pneumonia, a rare type of inflammation in the air sacs of the lungs. The man responded well to treatment with…
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Among people with cold agglutinin disease (CAD), more than half were found to have a related autoimmune disorder called cryoglobulinemia, which affected symptom presentation but did not appear to affect survival. That’s according to a small study in which 59% of CAD patients tested positive for cryoglobulins, the…
Columnist Mary Lott lists some of the many things she is thankful for, even since being diagnosed with cold agglutin disease.
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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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