The onset of the disease varies greatly with the type of porphyria.
Symptoms of porphyria include:
Skin symptoms of porphyria may include:
- Red rash:
- Occurs on skin exposed to the sun
- Increased skin sensitivity to injury:
- Blisters:
- Form on the hands and arms, or the face
- Darkened skin on the face, hands, neck and back
Symptoms of
severe porphyria include:
- Hallucinations:
- False perception of something that does not exist
- Visual hallucinations: seeing things that do not exist
- Auditory hallucinations: hearing sounds or voices that do not exist
- Confusion
- Paralysis:
- Seizures
