Developer site: The content shown here is test data.

MyEClinic
MyEClinic
Health Dictionary AI Health Chat Find an Online Doctor
A serene Zen garden with raked sand and smooth stones, symbolising clarity and calm

Health Dictionary

Reliable, easy-to-read patient information on common medical conditions — written in plain language, free of jargon, and grounded in current evidence. Browse the most frequent diagnoses, understand what they mean for everyday life, and learn which steps and questions help you have a focused conversation with your doctor.

Back to skin conditions

Capillary leak syndrome history and symptoms

Introduction

Overview

Overview

History and Symptoms

History and Symptoms

The symptoms of systemic capillary leak syndrome may be categorized as prodromal and acute attack symptoms. Flulike illness and myalgias were characteristic of crisis in most patients, however, the prodromata varied significantly. Most patient reported exhaustion, fatigue, and light-headedness at the onset of an attack.

Below are the tables that depict symptoms characteristic of prodromal and acute phase of capillary leak syndrome.[1]

Symptoms that are seen during the prodromal phase of capillary leak syndrome
Prodromal Symptoms
  1. Fatigue
  2. Presyncope/light-headedness
  3. Flulike illness
  4. Myalgias
  5. Scratchy throat
  6. Change in mood
  7. Reduced urinary frequency
  8. Dark urine
Symptoms present during an acute attack of capillary leak syndrome
Acute attack Symptoms
  1. Pain (generalized body aches or localized pain, excluding cephalgia)
  2. Nausea/Vomiting
  3. Fever
  4. Flushing
  5. Jaw claudication
  6. Dyspnea
  7. Dysphagia
  8. Loss of consciousness
  9. Periorbital edema/facial swelling
  10. Weight gain
  11. Increased thirst
  12. Diaphoresis
  13. Hoarseness
  14. Headaches
  15. Rhinorrhea
  16. Rash
  17. Arthralgia
  18. Lacrimation
  19. Pruritus
References

References

  1. ↑ Kapoor P, Greipp PT, Schaefer EW, Mandrekar SJ, Kamal AH, Gonzalez-Paz NC; et al. (2010). “Idiopathic systemic capillary leak syndrome (Clarkson’s disease): the Mayo clinic experience”. Mayo Clin Proc. 85 (10): 905–12. doi:10.4065/mcp.2010.0159. PMC 2947962. PMID 20634497.

Template:WikiDoc Sources

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: M. Hassan, M.B.B.S