acute intermittent porphyria

Signs and symptoms

• Diarrhea
• Paresthesia
• Acute episodes of neuropathic symptoms
• Vomiting
• Seizure
• Urinary incontinence
• Elevated urinary delta-aminolevulinic acid
• Paralytic ileus
• Paralysis
• Depression

Medications that may treat it

carisoprodol chlorpromazine clarithromycin hemin

Also known as: AIP - acute intermittent porphyria; Pyrroloporphyria; porphyria intermittent acute