Rare diseases haven’t always received the attention they deserve because they affect relatively few people. What makes a disease rare is how prevalent it is—that is, the number of individuals living with it. In theUnited States, a rare diseaseis one that fewer than 200,000 people live wit...
What is a rare disease?
But diagnosis is only part of the puzzle. People with rare diseases typically need complex care from large teams of health professionals because with many rare diseases, several body systems are affected. Also, given the often-progressive nature of the condition, care needs can change—sometimes d...
Dr. Rachitskaya: Hi, my name is Aleksandra Rachitskaya, and I'm a retina surgeon at Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute. On this Rare Diseases Day, I'm really excited about the future of Inherited Retinal Diseases. It used to be that Inherited Retinal Diseases were a type...
HIV, which was first identified as the virus behind AIDS in 1983, was also considered a pandemic. The human immunodeficiency virus severely damages the cells in your immune system and weakens your ability to fight everyday infections and disease. In the past 40 years, it’s killed 35 million...
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It is also known asLou Gehrig's disease, for the legendary New York Yankees player who was stricken with it in the late 1930s. "ALS may be considered a rare disease, but it's actually more common than people think, affecting 1 in 300 Americans. It can strike anyone at anytime and ...
The condition is classified by whether it occurs in adults or kids. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C, resembles a rare childhood illness called Kawasaki disease. Prolonged fever, body rash, red eyes, cracked lips, swollen glands, gastrointestinal symptoms and swelling of the...
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