Brazilian Researchers Establish Nursing Diagnosis Guidelines for Gaucher Disease

Researchers in Brazil identified a set of signs and symptoms of Gaucher disease to help establish a priority nursing diagnosis for the disease. This allows nurses to distinguish the rare cases of Gaucher from conditions that share some of the same features. A nursing diagnosis is a nurse’s…

Fatigue Should be Measured and Specifically Addressed in Gaucher Disease Patients, Researchers Say

Fatigue is a debilitating symptom of Gaucher disease (GD) patients that substantially impairs their quality of life, but is usually not clinically assessed by physicians. A new study, entitled “Rethinking fatigue in Gaucher disease,” and published in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, now…