A digoxin test may be ordered when it is suspected that levels are too low in someone who is taking the medication and has symptoms of heart failure such as: 1  Fatigue. 2  Shortness of breath. 3  Swelling in the hands and feet (edema).
lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease that has some genetic factors it is also tied to environmental risk which may determine whether people actually ever manifest the illnessthese environmental factors may also play a role in the degree to which lupus may affect a person s life and mortalityupus can manifest in different parts of the body but may include joint pain swollen legs and feet may be symptoms of lupus nephritis a form of renal parenchymal disease people can have a genetic predisposition for lupus
What is HPS? Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS) is a genetic metabolic disorder which causes albinism, visual impairment, and a platelet dysfunction with prolonged bleeding. In some genetic types of HPS there is a lysosomal accumulation of ceriod lipofusion. In other words, there is accumulation in the cells of a substance presently known as âceriodâ. Ceroid is the name given to this substance because it means âwax likeâ.