Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome

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Acceptability at Recruitment

QUALIFIED

Acceptability at CT / Work-Up

QUALIFIED

Individual at Risk

Recipient

Explanation of Condition

Disorder, usually in childhood, associated with e.coli infections of the gut, in which the blood breaks down and the kidneys fail. However, it is usually reversible and most sufferers make a full recovery.

Guidance

Acceptable only if single episode of childhood illness with associated diarrhoeal infection. Otherwise unacceptable.

Pseudonyms or Related Conditions

HUS Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome

Version

Version 1, Edition 1

Date of Last Update

15th June 2012