Rare Disease Insights

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Aquagenic Urticaria – Fewer Than 100 Cases Worldwide

May 24
Acquired Aplastic Anemia – 500-1,000 New Cases Annually

May 16
Moyamoya Disease – 1 Per 300,000 People

May 9
Moebius Syndrome – 1 Per 50,000 Live Births in the United States

May 1
Ewing Sarcoma – 2.93 Children Per 1,000,000 Annually

Apr 25
Cold Agglutinin Disease (CAD) – 1 Person Per Million Annually

Apr 18
Friedreich’s Ataxia (FRDA) – 15,000 People Affected Worldwide

Apr 5
Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) – Between 1 in 40,000 and 1 in 160,000 People Affected

Mar 28
Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) – 1 to 2 People Per Million Annually

Mar 22
Rett Syndrome – 1/10,000 Girls Affected Before Age 12

Mar 13
Apert Syndrome – 1 in 65,000 Births

Mar 8
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) – 1 to 2 People Per 100,000 Annually

Feb 21
Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome (EMS) – 5,000-10,000 Cases

Feb 15
Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus – 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 35,000 Live Births

Feb 1
Williams Syndrome – 1 in every 7,500 to 10,000 People Worldwide

Jan 25
Alport Syndrome – 30,000 to 60,000 Individuals Affected Globally

Jan 18
Ichthyosis – Severe Cases Affecting 1 in 100,000

Jan 11
Mastocytosis – 28 Per 100,000 People

Jan 3
Botulism – 110-200 Cases Per Year in the United States

Dec 21
Achondroplasia (ACH) – 1 in 20,000 to 30,000 Births

Dec 14
Acromegaly – 50 to 70 People Per Million

Nov 30
Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (Progeria/HGPS) – 150-250 Cases Worldwide

Nov 16
Pediatric Crohn’s Disease – 0.7% of the US Population

Nov 9
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) – 4-6 Cases per 100,000 People

Oct 26