TEHRAN – Five more rare diseases have been confirmed in the country, bringing the total number of rare diseases to 456, according to the Rare Disease Foundation.
Meher News Agency reported that Schwachman-Diamond syndrome, progressive muscular atrophy, Mowat-Wilson syndrome, leiomyosarcoma, and Melnick-Needle syndrome have been newly confirmed.
The incidence of rare diseases is very low, with only one or two people in a country suffering from a particular rare disease. Some rare diseases such as ‘butterfly skin or EB’, ‘spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)’, ‘metabolic diseases’, ‘autism’ and ‘dystrophy’ are the most common cases in the country. This is one of the.
Rare diseases not only place a heavy psychological burden on patients, but they can also have a significant impact on patients’ families. In addition to the burden on patient health, few effective drug treatments are available for some of these diseases.
According to the WHO, rare diseases are often serious, chronic and life-threatening. According to the European Union (EU) definition, rare diseases affect less than 5 in 10,000 people. Approximately 80% of rare diseases are genetic, and half of them begin in childhood.
Rare diseases affect 2 out of every 1,000 people, but their spread can be reduced by changing culture, testing, identifying, preventing births and raising awareness.
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