Wilson disease is a recessive inherited disorder. It occurs at birth, but symptoms of the disease do not appear till the ages of 6 through 40 and is caused by a large accumulation of copper in the body. An indication of the disease is a deep copper colored ring around the edge of cornea and the most common medical consequences of Wilson disease is liver disease because the liver is what eliminates the absorbed copper when we consume food and turns it into bile so the copper levels in our body remain leveled. When the copper is not eliminated by the liver and is accumulated in our bodies instead, it becomes life threatening to our body and begins to affect our entire system. Wilson Disease is a treatable disease, but has to be done at an early
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Symptoms dealing with the liver are Jaundice, Fatigue, Loss of appetite, Swelling in the abdomen, and easy bruising. Symptoms that deal with the nervous system or mental of the patient are clumsiness, trembling, Difficulty walking, Problems with speech, Problems with school work, depression, anxiety, and mood swings. Wilson disease can also affect the eyes and the symptoms are Kayser Fleischer rings and difficulties with eye movement, mainly dealing with looking upwards. At a biological, the symptoms of Wilson disease are anemia, lack of white blood cells, lack of platelets, slow clotting of the blood, high levels of protein, amino acids and uric acid in the urine, and an early start on arthritis and bone loss in the …show more content…
Doctors may suggest that people with this disease take Chelation therapy drugs which include penicillamine and trientine. These two drugs bind to copper and increase urinary excretion of copper out of the body. Doctors may also recommend that patients undergo Zinc therapy because Zinc blocks the absorption of copper in the intestinal tract and prevents the hazardous accumulation of copper throughout the body. In severe cases, patients will have to have liver transplant surgery because the abnormal amount of copper accumulated in the liver has caused the liver to fail. Since the disease is lifelong, patients of this rare genetic disease will have to remain faithful to their treatment or else a sudden stop or decrease in the treatment can result in death or the disease to progress in the
Symptoms dealing with the liver are Jaundice, Fatigue, Loss of appetite, Swelling in the abdomen, and easy bruising. Symptoms that deal with the nervous system or mental of the patient are clumsiness, trembling, Difficulty walking, Problems with speech, Problems with school work, depression, anxiety, and mood swings. Wilson disease can also affect the eyes and the symptoms are Kayser Fleischer rings and difficulties with eye movement, mainly dealing with looking upwards. At a biological, the symptoms of Wilson disease are anemia, lack of white blood cells, lack of platelets, slow clotting of the blood, high levels of protein, amino acids and uric acid in the urine, and an early start on arthritis and bone loss in the …show more content…
Doctors may suggest that people with this disease take Chelation therapy drugs which include penicillamine and trientine. These two drugs bind to copper and increase urinary excretion of copper out of the body. Doctors may also recommend that patients undergo Zinc therapy because Zinc blocks the absorption of copper in the intestinal tract and prevents the hazardous accumulation of copper throughout the body. In severe cases, patients will have to have liver transplant surgery because the abnormal amount of copper accumulated in the liver has caused the liver to fail. Since the disease is lifelong, patients of this rare genetic disease will have to remain faithful to their treatment or else a sudden stop or decrease in the treatment can result in death or the disease to progress in the