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How is the treatment of rare diseases?
The so-called “rare diseases “are those that affect a small group of people in connection with the general population (less than 1 per 2,000). According to the National Organization for Rare Disorders USA (NORD), there are more than seven thousand and describes five new every day in the medical literature.
These conditions are chronic, severe and are often a life-threatening for the patient. Moreover, it is estimated that over 50% are diagnosed late.
As part of World Day for Rare Diseases, Argentine specialists stressed the importance of increasing awareness of these conditions, which is crucial because some of them, such as Fairy only treatable early, but it takes twelve years to reach diagnosis.
“The vast majority of rare diseases are genetic cause. While each one of them is rare, taken together, affect a large percentage of the population and deserve to be considered when setting health policies, “said Dr. Herman Martina, Chief of Pediatric Neurology, and University Hospital Austral.