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The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) welcomes the advancement, by the U.S. House of Representative’s Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, of “critical” bills that encourage rare disease therapy development and improve patient access to care. The nonprofit organization, which supports rare disease patients through advocacy, research funding, education,…

Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) starting during adolescence is associated with more permanent and severe kidney dysfunction when compared with infantile-onset disease, a study from Turkey reported. “In the long term, adolescents may have significant permanent loss of [kidney] functions and higher [end-stage kidney disease] rates,” the researchers wrote.

Soliris (eculizumab) can effectively induce and maintain remission of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) in children with autoantibodies that target complement factor H (FH). That’s according to a study that found the therapy reduced anti-FH antibodies no matter the type of immunosuppressive treatments used with it. They also…

Use of the drug Soliris (eculizumab) effectively treated atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) in a pregnant woman in her 30s who developed the rare disease after having placental abruption, which occurs when the placenta separates from the inner wall of the uterus before birth. Her case was described…

At the onset of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), patients are already showing signs of severe kidney injury, regardless of the specific triggers or disease-related clinical conditions they might also harbor, a registry study has found. Cancer, pregnancy, and acute infections were identified as the most common triggers before…

Soliris (eculizumab) was used to effectively treat atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) in a young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), another autoimmune condition, a case report shows. The therapy was safely discontinued without causing an aHUS relapse, while immunosuppressant treatments for SLE were maintained. This “case highlights…

A 78-year-old woman developed atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) and acute kidney failure after contracting an infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, doctors wrote in a case study. Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, a condition characterized by bleeding from the lung’s alveoli, or the tiny air sacs where gas…

In a young girl, thrombotic microangiopathy — a group of disorders, including atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), that are marked by organ damage caused by the formation of blood clots inside small blood vessels — occurred secondary to a sudden spike in blood pressure. Because the opposite is more…

A woman in her early 30s who developed pregnancy-associated atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome (aHUS) after the birth of her baby saw her kidney function recover after being treated with Ultomiris (ravulizumab-cwvz), according to a case report. Clinicians diagnosed the rare condition a week after her first symptoms — which…

A rare mutation in the CFI gene affects the risk and clinical severity of various forms of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), including atypical HUS (aHUS), according to a recent study. The study, “Hot Spot of Complement Factor I Rare Variant p.Ile357Met in Patients With Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome,” was published…