| DERCUM'S DISEASE |
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.GIF)
- aka Adiposis Dolorosa
- aka Adipositas Dolorosa
- aka Morbus Dercum
- aka Dercum's Syndrome
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Neither the cause of the disease, nor which sort, is yet known.
Most common symptoms:
Pain, definite or indefinite swellings or lipomas, weight gain of maybe 50%, fatigue, difficulty in walking. The disease occurs mainly among women and increases with age.
In spite of the fact that the disease has been known and described for more than 100 years very little research is going on - a fact that must relate to the disease being so rare.
The WHO system of diagnoses ICD-10 places it under the number E 88-2.
Please notice that this is a private homepage based only on my personal knowledge as a Dercum's patient and cannot replace any contact with your physician.
Originally the primary goal of making this site was to spread information about this disease in Danish as almost nothing is available in Danish regarding this subject. But realizing that also foreigners visit the homepage an English translation has now been added.
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In case you want to contact me:
Dorrit Hvam
Aedelgranen 6
DK-8620 Kjellerup
Denmark
E-mail:
dmgd(at)mail.dk