Uncommon Illness Case of Phagocyte Activation Syndrome Handled Efficiently at Al-Mujtahid Hospital in Damascus – Fourth Case Worldwide

The administration of Al-Mujtahid Hospital in Damascus introduced the registration of a case of a uncommon illness referred to as “phagocyte activation syndrome,” which was identified and handled, confirming that that is the fourth case of its variety on the planet.

The director of Al-Mujtahid Hospital, Ahmed Abbas, mentioned {that a} medical crew from the Division of Joint Illnesses and Rheumatology was capable of take care of a uncommon case of a 26-year-old affected person who visited the hospital after her analysis.

Based on the director of the hospital, the analysis and therapy of the situation lasted about 8 months, stressing that early analysis helped save the affected person’s life, as this kind of illness results in immunity and critical infections which ends up in loss of life.

For his half, Dr. Amjad Al-Haddad, Head of the Division of Immunology and Allergy on the Serum and Vaccine Authority of Egypt, says that “macrophage activation syndrome” is accountable for the cells within the human physique to be attacking organs as a substitute of defending them, and physique programs additionally assault themselves and one another, which destroys their immunity and results in loss of life.

He says that an an infection with this syndrome could also be the results of a respiratory illness or an infection, and it’s referred to as phagocytes as a result of they encompass the physique and the immune system, inflicting a lethal immune storm and sudden disruption and illness within the physique comes from the lymph nodes and may assault the blood and trigger clotting, assault the liver and bones, and even assault the lymph nodes themselves.

It follows that this syndrome may cause blood poisoning, kidney and liver failure, and it could additionally engulf residing cells within the human physique and likewise irritation within the joints, explaining that this illness might end result from fever or an infection and its signs embody swelling within the physique and pores and skin rash.

Al-Haddad mentioned that the therapy of this syndrome is typically with cortisone and by receiving robust immunity, blood and plasma till the situation is secure. (Arabic)