Conditions / Genetic
familial Mediterranean fever
info · Genetic · ICD-10: M04.1
An autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and acute inflammation of the membranes lining the abdomen, joints and lungs; that has_material_basis_in mutations in the MEFV gene, which encodes the protein pyrin.
Signs and symptoms
- Polyarticular arthritis
- Proteinuria
- Arthralgia
- Recurrent fever
- Peritonitis
- Pleuritis
- Erysipelas
- Abdominal pain
- Episodic abdominal pain
- Chest pain
Medications that may treat it
Also known as: FMF; benign paroxysmal peritonitis