Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Recurrent aspiration pneumonia
HP:0002100
What it means
Increased susceptibility to aspiration pneumonia, defined as pneumonia due to breathing in foreign material, as manifested by a medical history of repeated episodes of aspiration pneumonia.
Rare diseases that can present with this14
Common30–79%
6Sometimes5–29%
8- Hepatic veno-occlusive disease-immunodeficiency syndrome
- Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 4
- Idiopathic achalasia
- Joubert syndrome with Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy
- Multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome
- Opitz GBBB syndrome
- Ossification anomalies-psychomotor developmental delay syndrome
- Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-alpha deficiency
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Recurrent pneumonia due to aspiration
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