Clinical Features of HUS
Incidence of HUS:
Peak
age of disorder:
Associated
with disorder:
Symptoms
of febrile illness:
6
months to 4 years
Fibrile
illness
Vomiting
with abdominal pain
Bloody
diarrhea
Hemolysis
Purpura
– (bleeding into tissues)
Symptoms
of HUS:
Rare
neurologic symptoms
Sudden
onset
Intravascular
hemolysis
Thrombocytopenia
Hypertension
in 50% or more of cases