Latest about rare diseases
Situs inversus: The condition where your organs are on the 'wrong' side
Situs inversus is a rare genetic condition that causes the organs in the chest and abdomen to be located on the opposite side from where they're usually found, like a mirror image.
Frosted branch angiitis: A rare eye condition that makes the retina look like a frosted tree
Frosted branch angiitis is a rare condition that makes the blood vessels that supply the retina look like the frosted branches of a tree.
Fatal familial insomnia: A genetic condition where people never sleep again
As fatal familial insomnia progresses, patients completely stop sleeping and enter a coma-like state that results in death within months.
Angelman syndrome: A disorder that stops people walking and speaking
Angelman syndrome is a rare disease that disrupts the normal development and function of cells, particularly in the nervous system, leading to severe developmental delays and learning disabilities.
Acromegaly: A disease that causes adults to grow uncontrollably
Patients with acromegaly make too much growth hormone, which causes them to grow disproportionately large bones, organs and tissues.
Stone man disease: A rare condition that causes a person to grow a second skeleton
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare congenital condition that causes the body to grow a second skeleton, rendering patients immobile.
