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[20] [21] Among numerous possibilities, rare diseases may result from bacterial or viral infections, allergies, chromosome disorders, degenerative and proliferative causes, affecting any body organ. [20] Rare diseases may be chronic or incurable, although many short-term medical conditions are also rare diseases. [20]
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (/ ˌ f aɪ b r oʊ d ɪ ˈ s p l eɪ ʒ (i) ə ɒ ˈ s ɪ f ɪ k æ n z p r ə ˈ ɡ r ɛ s ɪ v ə /; [1] abbr. FOP), also called Münchmeyer disease or formerly myositis ossificans progressiva, is an extremely rare connective tissue disease in which fibrous connective tissue such as muscle, tendons, and ligaments turn into bone tissue (ossification).
It should directly contain very few, if any, pages and should mainly contain subcategories. The main article for this category is rare disease . A rare disease is technically defined (in the European Union) as a disease that is found in fewer than 5 people per every 10,000 people.
Fortunately, Bayliscacaris infection in humans is extremely rare. As the CDC noted in a September 9 report on seven cases (none fatal) detected between 2013 and 2015, the United States saw just 22 ...
Hyperthymesia, also known as hyperthymestic syndrome or highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM), is a condition that leads people to be able to remember an abnormally large number of their life experiences in vivid
Abruzzo–Erickson syndrome is an extremely rare disorder characterized by deafness, protruding ears, coloboma, a cleft palate or palatal rugosity, radial synostosis, and short stature. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was first characterized by Abruzzo and Erickson in 1977 as a CHARGE like syndrome as variably expressed among a family of two brothers ...
A California baby, born prematurely at 26 weeks, is a true rarity. This is 10-week-old Silas Phillips. He was born via cesarean section, completely enclosed in his amniotic sac, something known as ...
MOMO syndrome is an extremely rare genetic disorder which belongs to the overgrowth syndromes and has been diagnosed in only seven cases around the world, and occurs in 1 in 100 million births. The name is an acronym of the four primary aspects of the disorder: M acrosomia (excessive birth weight), O besity , M acrocephaly (excessive head size ...