Types of Rare Diseases

From the lujo virus to POEMS syndrome, there are uncommon diseases about which it can be tough to find reliable information. Learn more about the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases.
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What Is a Urachal Remnant?
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What Is Congenital Hyperinsulinism?
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Everything You Need to Know About Susac Syndrome
Premature baby in ICU
What to Know About Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
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What is Black Lung Disease?
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Hypophysitis: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, & Treatment
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Fatal Familial Insomnia: A Rare Genetic Disease
Albinism
Signs and Symptoms of Oculocutaneous Albinism
Erythromelalgia
An Overview of Erythromelalgia
Closeup of a woman's ear. The ear is often affected with relapsing polychondritis.
What You Need to Know About Relapsing Polychondritis
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Melkersson Rosenthal Syndrome: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
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Growth Hormone Deficiency in Children Symptoms, Causes, Treatment
Capillary hemangioma red birthmark on the babys leg
Maffucci Syndrome: Condition That Causes Tumors Within Bone and Skin
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What Is Carotidynia?
Aedes aegypti mosquito
What Are the Neglected Tropical Diseases?
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What You Should Know About Morgellons Disease
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Why You May Be Sweating After Eating
Lungs
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) - Advances in Research
Mitochondria TEM
How MELAS Syndrome Is Treated
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Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis: A Rare Autoimmune Disorder
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Types and Causes of Dwarfism
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Why The Elephant Man Medical Mystery Stumped Physicians for 100 Years
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Is Rain Man Syndrome Real?
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Hurler Syndrome (MPS I Disease) Symptoms and Treatment
Quarantine officers attend an exercise to prevent Ebola virus at Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport.
An Overview of Bubonic Plague
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How to Identify Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
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Learn About Multiple System Atrophy, Often Mistaken for Parkinson's
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Berdon Syndrome Is a Rare Disease of the Urinary and Digestive Systems
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The Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment of Proteus Syndrome
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Congenital Defect Prune Belly Syndrome in Babies
Senior African American couple, man in wheelchair
Dudley Moore Death Attributed to Rare Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Woman with abdominal pain
Fitz Hugh Curtis Syndrome Symptoms and Diagnosis
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Can Alternative Medicines Help You Cope With Pulmonary Fibrosis?
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Understanding the Ins and Outs of Myasthenia Gravis
Doctor reviewing x-ray
Why the Body Produces Granulomas With Certain Diseases
E. coli bacteria, SEM
Hamburger Disease Can Occur After Eating Food Contaminated by E.Coli
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The Disease That Followed Over a Decade of Pollution
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Learn About the Causes and Treatments of Prosopagnosia
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The Breathing Disorder That May Explain Some SIDS Cases
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An Overview of Scleredema: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
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The Disease That Can Make It Difficult to Pick Up Your Feet
A view of the Chernobyl power plant
How Nuclear Disaster Has Affected the Children of a Region
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Arthrogryposis Disorders: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment and Prognosis
Krabbe's leukodystrophy
Learn About the Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Krabbe Disease
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What Happens When a Child Is Born Missing a Patch of Skin?
I should have totally gotten that flu shot
Beware of a Life-Threatening Side Effect of Common Medications
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Hemosiderosis Symptoms and Treatment
Woman taking supplements
How Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome Is Caused by Taking Supplements
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The Severe Physical Effects That Come With Zellweger Syndrome
Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis
What Are the Risks of Kikuchi Disease?
First Minutes With Newborn
This Rare Blood Disorder May Require Regular Blood Transfusions
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Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
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The Scoop on Goodpasture Syndrome, a Disease of the Lungs and Kidneys
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Signs of Pseudoachondroplasia Appear Around Age 2, Here's What to Know About It
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Discover the Overview of Propionic Acidemia
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Moebius Syndrome: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
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What to Know About Hypopituitarism
Leprosy patient's hands
Leprosy Still Exists and Here's What You Should Know
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How Inclusion Body Myositis Can Damage Muscles
Parry Romberg Syndrome
An Overview of Parry Romberg Syndrome
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