This type of anemia leads to paleness, yellowing of the skin and jaundice, dark urine, fatigue, shortness of breath, and a rapid heart rate.
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency is a genetic and sex-linked enzyme defect. It results in the crash of red blood cells when the person is exposed to sure drugs or the stress of infection. G-6-PD deficiency affects all races. In the United States, many more black than white people have the disorder. Approximately 10 - 14% of the black male population is affected. The disorder may infrequently affect a black woman to a mild degree (depending on their genetic inheritance). An estimated 400 million people worldwide have glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.
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A chronic disease of the skin consisting of itchy, dry, red patches, usually affecting the scalp or arms and legs.
A common chronic skin disease, more common in whites (2% of the population) than in other racial groups, in which red flaky lesions occur often on the elbows and knees, or in the scalp. May cause nail abnormalities. A chronic skin disease that occurs when cells in the outer layer of the skin reproduce faster than normal and pile up on the skin’s surface. This results in scaling and inflammation. An estimated 10 to 30 percent of people with psoriasis develop an associated arthritis called psoriatic arthritis.
