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POEMS Syndrome


POEMS Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. POEMS Syndrome is a rare disorder named for its main features: Polyneuropathy (peripheral nerve damage), Organomegaly (abnormal enlargement of organs), Endocrinopathy (damage to hormone-producing glands)/Edema, M-protein (an abnormal antibody) and Skin abnormalities (including hyperpigmentation and hypertrichosis). POEMS Syndrome as a syndrome, reflects a set of signs and symptoms that in most cases occur together and which indicates increased chances of developing a particular disease or already the presence of it. If you suffer from a rare disease like this one, if you want to know more information about this illness, you want to share your problems or you seek for support, check our dedicated forum about rare diseases where issues about POEMS Syndrome are discussed (discussions about treatments, medications, pathology, signs, symptoms of POEMS Syndrome, etc...).
For more informations on POEMS Syndrome check our rare disease forum.

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