"The term "porphyria" comes from the Greek 'porphyros', which means purple. Many believe Hippocrates of Kos (460-377 BCE) 6 to have described the disease in Case XI from his “Epidemics Book III” regarding a young Greek woman from Thasos. It is now thought that this case represented acute intermittent porphyria 7. Archibald L Cochrane (1909-1988) 5, one of the most important figures in modern medicine, suffered from porphyria, and some speculate the disease may have been the impetus for his scientific approach to medicine."
"The term "porphyria" comes from the Greek 'porphyros', which means purple. Many believe Hippocrates of Kos (460-377 BCE) 6 to have described the disease in Case XI from his “Epidemics Book III” regarding a young Greek woman from Thasos. It is now thought that this case represented acute intermittent porphyria 7. Archibald L Cochrane (1909-1988) 5, one of the most important figures in modern medicine, suffered from porphyria, and some speculate the disease may have been the impetus for his scientific approach to medicine."
"The clinical presentation is non-specific and variable, depending on the type of porphyria. Generally, the most common symptoms are abdominal pain (74%), back pain (56%), chest pain (58%), and nausea and vomiting (73%), 8,10; however, there can be a wide range of neuropsychiatric and cutaneous manifestations as well."
"The clinical presentation is non-specific and variable, depending on the type of porphyria. Generally, the most common symptoms are abdominal pain (74%), back pain (56%), chest pain (58%), and nausea and vomiting (73%), 8,10; however, there can be a wide range of neuropsychiatric and cutaneous manifestations as well."
"Porphyrin can be overproduced in the liver or bone marrow; some authors classify porphyrias as erythropoietic or hepatic according to the main site of overproduction of haem precursors 8:"
"History and etymology"