Symptoms of SCID
General information about symptoms of SCID: The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible symptoms of SCID. This symptom information has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of symptoms of SCID. Furthermore, symptoms of SCID may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of symptoms and whether they are indeed symptoms of SCID.
List of symptoms of SCID: The list of symptoms mentioned in various sources for SCID includes:
- Recurrent infections - often serious and life-threatening
- Pneumonia
- Meningitis
- Sepsis
- Chickenpox
- Measles
- Cold sores
- Chronic skin infections
- Oral candida
- Diaper area candida
- Chronic hepatitis
- Chronic diarrhea
- Blood disorders
- Failure to thrive
Symptoms of SCID: Babies typically have symptoms within the first three months of life. They usually get numerous, serious or life-threatening infections, especially pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis. Common infections like chickenpox, measles, or cold sores can overwhelm the patient's immune system. Patients also commonly have chronic skin infections, candida (yeast) infections of the mouth and diaper area, chronic hepatitis, diarrhea, and blood disorders. 1
More symptoms of SCID: In addition to the above information, to get a full picture of the possible symptoms of this condition and its related conditions, it may be necessary to examine symptoms that may be caused by complications of SCID, underlying causes of SCID, associated conditions for SCID, risk factors for SCID, or other related conditions.
Medical articles on symptoms: These general reference articles may be of interest:
Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Primary Immune Deficiency, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID
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