Does anyone have G6PD (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency)?

Posted by mae2918 @mae2918, Oct 25 10:51am

Does anyone have g6pd? If so what are your symptoms? Being that I have so many chronic conditions, I don’t know what is what.

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Oct 25 4:25pm

@mae2918 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect! I see you have been a member here since 2018, but this is only your second post. Wow, I think that just might be a record!

Here is an article from Cleveland Clinic about g6pd. I hope you will find it interesting: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22556-g6pd-glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase-deficiency
Ginger

Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Nov 7 7:46pm

@mae2918, I'm tagging a couple of members like @keetaboy and @loricehoward, who are familiar with G6PD (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency).

Many people with G6PD don't have symptoms. However exposure to certain things that can set off red blood cell destruction in the blood. These triggers can be things like infections, certain medicines, foods and chemicals.

Mae, I can imagine that if you are managing several chronic conditions having the genetic disorder G6PD can make what is what less clear. What are your triggers? What symptoms are you managing?

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