Signs Of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria

August 27, 2018
By
HealthPrep Staff

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) seems like a scary mouthful of a disease, but it can actually be broken down into much simpler terms. Nocturnal is another word for night, paroxysmal means symptoms come on suddenly, and hemoglobinuria means you have blood in your urine. This is a common side effect of this disease, experienced by over sixty percent of patients diagnosed with PNH.While this genetic disease is rare, there are some key ways to detect it in a patient.