Question: What are the symptoms of Hirschsprung's disease ?
Answer: What are the signs and symptoms of Hirschsprung's disease? The Human Phenotype Ontology provides the following list of signs and symptoms for Hirschsprung's disease. If the information is available, the table below includes how often the symptom is seen in people with this condition. You can use the MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary to look up the definitions for these medical terms. Signs and Symptoms Approximate number of patients (when available) Abdominal pain 90% Aganglionic megacolon 90% Constipation 90% Intestinal obstruction 90% Nausea and vomiting 90% Weight loss 50% Adducted thumb 7.5% Cognitive impairment 7.5% Diarrhea 7.5% Intestinal polyposis 7.5% Neoplasm of the thyroid gland 7.5% Sensorineural hearing impairment 7.5% Sepsis 7.5% Short stature 7.5% Abdominal distention - Abnormality of the enteric ganglia - Autosomal dominant inheritance - Enterocolitis - Vomiting - The Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) has collected information on how often a sign or symptom occurs in a condition. Much of this information comes from Orphanet, a European rare disease database. The frequency of a sign or symptom is usually listed as a rough estimate of the percentage of patients who have that feature. The frequency may also be listed as a fraction. The first number of the fraction is how many people had the symptom, and the second number is the total number of people who were examined in one study. For example, a frequency of 25/25 means that in a study of 25 people all patients were found to have that symptom. Because these frequencies are based on a specific study, the fractions may be different if another group of patients are examined. Sometimes, no information on frequency is available. In these cases, the sign or symptom may be rare or common.
Source: GARD