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A rare disease is a disease that affects a small percentage of the population. In some parts of the world, the term orphan disease describes a rare disease whose rarity results in little or no funding or research for treatments, without financial incentives from governments or other agencies. Orphan drugs are medications targeting orphan ...
Adult-onset Still's disease. Agammaglobulinemia-microcephaly-craniosynostosis-severe dermatitis syndrome. Aggressive fibromatosis. AIDS dysmorphic syndrome. Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy. Aldolase A deficiency. Alexander disease. Alkaptonuria. Alopecia universalis.
Dup - Duplication of a gene or genes. C – Whole chromosome extra, missing, or both (see chromosome abnormality) T – Trinucleotide repeat disorders: gene is extended in length. A cherry red spot, which can be a feature of several storage disorders, including Tay–Sachs disease. Disorder. Chromosome. Mutation.
Kuru is a form of prion disease which leads to tremors and loss of coordination from neurodegeneration. The term kúru means “trembling” and comes from the Fore word kuria or guria ("to shake"). [ 2 ][ 3 ] It is also known as the “laughing sickness" due to the pathologic bursts of laughter which are a symptom of the disease.
Rare diseases caused by infectious agents rather than genetic or environmental factors. Pages in category "Rare infectious diseases" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
The death of Aeschylus, killed by a turtle dropped onto his head by a falcon, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [1]. This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.
This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal ...
A Finnish heritage disease is any genetic disease or disorder that is significantly more common in people whose ancestors were ethnic Finns, natives of Finland and Northern Sweden (Meänmaa) and Northwest Russia (Karelia and Ingria). There are 36 rare diseases regarded as Finnish heritage diseases. [1] The diseases are not restricted to Finns ...