Rare Diseases Community

This patient support community is for discussions relating to rare diseases and disorders. Some example include: Aarskog syndrome, Acoustic Neuroma, Angelman Syndrome, Behcet Syndrome, Bell’s Palsy, Canavan Disease, Carbon Baby Syndrome, Charcot Marie Tooth Disease, Chromosome Monosomy Disorders, Chromosome Trisomy Disorders, Devic's Disease, Dystonia, Ewing’s Sarcoma, Fragile X Syndrome, Immune Thrombocytopenia, Kawasaki Syndrome,Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Mastocytosis, McCune Albright syndrome, Pachygyria, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Reiter’s Syndrome, Sickle cell anemia, Sturge-Weber syndrome, Trisomy Disorders, Usher Syndrome, Xanthinuria, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

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SHORTNESS OF BREATH, HEAD PRESSURE, FATIGUE, DIFFICULTY YAWNING

Kaci_mxm

Hello, I am a young, fit 21 year old female & I am confused as to why i am having all these difficulties! The symptoms are almost cons...

25 answers | 2 comments

Morel-Lavallee’ Lesion

TMaschino

July 2017 I was in a motorcycle accident. I was hit from behind. I was told I had a hematoma and was sent to the Lymphodema. I had severa...

2 answers

Attracting tiny flies and flies

Fruitykem

Wherever I go within one minute I see a fly Or flies there. Even after a bath I can a tiny reddish fruitfly like fly past me. I am going...

3 answers | 1 comment

undiagnosis for multiple bone lesions

survivor0611

My husband, 59 yrs., went in for a physical which led to a ct scan which showed multiple mixed lesions, predominantly lytic lesions on hi...

5 answers

Need help with terrible eye pain and visual disturbances and more undiagnosed

aaronh819

I have been having such a terrible time for so long with eye pain and terrible visual disturbances. Been to multiple specialists had an m...

2 answers

I talk in a foreign accent without wanting to or knowing how to

NoMore2500

I guess the story is long, but I'll shorten it as much as I can. I started noticing my accent was changing when I didn't mean it to or...

1 answer

24/7 heart palpitations and feeling of something in my throat for past ten years! Please Help!

RyanPaul79

Hello, I am a 32 year old male who was perfectly healthy and active as a child and adolescent. When I was 22 and Iin college I had t...

8 answers | 1 comment

Body froze, tingled, couldn't move muscles at all during sex?

joshwaloveslotr

This is very embarrassing, but I'm very concerned. I am a 19 year old male. My girlfriend was performing oral sex on me while I was layin...

2 answers

Enlarged spleen, no diagnosis of underlying cause?

FaiLask

My very fit 16 yo son has an enlarged spleen, decreased lung function and no pain or symptoms. Six months of blood work and scans and no ...

Soooo many headrushes

meels789

I have a head rush at least 10 times a day. Normally they just cause my vision to turn black and I have to pause so i don’t run into anyt...

1 answer

Sudden onset of pain in both knees--unexplained

scotty410

Subject had no prior history of knee pain or knee injuries. Subject is 66 year old man, 5' 11" 290lbs in good health. He stated has alwa...

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What would be a rough diagnosis for my joint problems?

123kraus

I have had joint problems ever since I reached the age of 12 years. The first symptoms began with severe pain in my left heel. When consu...

Ribs Rubbing?

leahswim

Hello, I was wondering what to do about a rib problem I seem to have. It seems like two of my ribs on my upper left ribcage are rubbing t...

1 answer | 1 comment

Very sick girlfriend, need help. Drugs going through body super quickly

Fhreed91

My girlfriend is in the hospital and has gotten all the disorders in the book since she got in there, the doctors is running lots of test...

1 answer

Unexplaind bruises on legs and knee cap

Bella11170

I have unexplained bruising on my legs and knee caps i have not hurt myself nore bumped into anything the bruising on my knee caps look ...

Stevens Johnson Syndrome symptoms - yeast infection

lifeisdandy

I have been out of the hospital for almost 2 weeks now after suffering Stevens Johnson syndrome from lamictal, a medication I was taking ...

1 answer | 1 comment

FAP

Mimi2100

Is there anyone out there with Familial Polyposis (FAP)? I was diagnosed when I was 19 (55 now), had total colonectomy and six years ago ...

3 answers

Can I get rabies through indirect exposure?

Bella987

A puppy licked my left hand. There is a small open wound on my right thumb. Approximately five minutes after being licked, I washed both ...

Dercum's Disease

Kattamaki

Could someone tell me if there are any reports of the prognosis of Dercums disease or lipomatosis dolorosa? This illness belongs to the r...

24 answers | 1 comment

Low grade fever for 10 weeks

imarshad

Hi all there, I am 29 years male from Pakistan. I am having low grade fever (Usually between 100-101) in the evening fo...

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VISUAL SNOW UPDATE: 2018

John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO

04/18

2018 General Information on Dry Eyes-Now known as Ocular Surface Disorder

John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO

03/18

TMJ – What a Pain in the Neck! “Elegant Ecology”

Hamidreza Nassery , DMD, FICOI, FAGD, FICCMO

01/18

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