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Nov 11, 2021 · Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a genetic autoinflammatory disorder that causes recurrent fevers and painful inflammation of your abdomen, chest and joints.
Jul 16, 2023 · Familial Mediterranean fever is a rare inherited disorder seen in some ethnic groups that causes bouts of fever, chest pain, stomach pain, and arthritis.
Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive disease. Its features are intermittent attacks of painful inflammation, abdominal pain, fever, and arthritis. Its attacks take from a few hours to a few days of symptoms and the recurrence takes a few weeks or months.
Sep 30, 2010 · Familial Mediterranean fever is primarily a genetic disease due to Mendelian-recessive inheritance of Mediterranean fever gene mutations. Occurs mainly in people of Mediterranean ancestry, especially from Arab countries, Turkey, Israel, and Armenia. Characterised by recurrent attacks of fever and...
Apr 25, 2024 · Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inherited autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent episodes (attacks) of fever and acute inflammation of the membranes lining the abdomen, joints and lungs.
Nov 11, 2021 · There's no cure for familial Mediterranean fever. However, treatment can help relieve symptoms, prevent attacks and prevent complications caused by inflammation. Medications used to relieve symptoms and prevent attacks of FMF include: Colchicine.
Familial Mediterranean fever is an inherited autoinflammatory syndrome characterised by recurrent short episodes of high fever associated with abdominal pain, inflammation of joints and other body sites and skin rash. If untreated, amyloidosis commonly develops and may have a fatal outcome.