What Is Wilson's Disease?

Wilson's disease is a disease in which there is too much copper in the body. This can lead to liver and nervous system damage. Symptoms include Kayser-Fleischer rings around the eye, confusion, behavioral changes, speech impairment, hand trembling, weakness, and jaundice.

Treatment for Wilson's disease includes chelation. Chelation is the of binding copper to a medication and removing it from the body. Common drug classes used to treat Wilson's disease are metal chelators and antirheumatics.