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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Symptoms
Simple symptoms of carriers are as follows:
- Breathlessness
- Feeling faint
- Shooting pains
- Faster heart rate
The signs and symptoms of Evan’s Syndrome will also be a combination of the signs and symptoms of the two underlying conditions. In idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura the following may be found:
- Bleeding of skin or mucus lined areas of the body.
- This may show up as bleeding in the mouth, or purpuric rashes (look almost like bruises), or tiny red dots on the skin called petechiae.
Laboratory results will show low levels of platelets.
In autoimmune hemolytic anemia the following may be found:
- Fatigue
- Pale skin color
- Shortness of breath
- Rapid heartbeat
- Jaundice colored skin
- Yellow/jaundice colored eyes
- Dark urine