{"id":19303,"date":"2019-01-23T14:23:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T19:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?post_type=podcast&p=19303"},"modified":"2023-06-06T13:57:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T17:57:05","slug":"tma-saha","status":"publish","type":"episode","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/chairs-corner\/podcast\/tma-saha\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) – with Dr. Manish Saha"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Manish Saha, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr. Manish Saha talks with Dr. Ron Falk about thrombotic microangiopathy, or TMA. They discuss two types of TMA, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and hemolytic syndrome, and the symptoms associated with each. They also talk about the testing and treatment for TMA. Dr. Saha is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThe early symptoms are very vague. They may have malaise, weakness, and headache. Most of the time they get hospitalized because when the bloodwork is done, the platelet count is severely low in these patients, and sometimes so dangerously low they get admitted to the hospital. That\u2019s when additional blood tests are done and ADAMTS13 and other evaluations are done, and when they are picked up.”<\/p>\n

\u2013 Dr. Manish Saha on when TMA is often diagnosed\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t

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