Familial Cold Auto-Inflammatory Syndrome is a very rare condition; set apart even from other hereditary periodic fevers.
These unique traits are something that patients with FCAS are all too familiar with. Check out these five descriptors of the FCAS experience.
1. It’s something you’ve dealt with from a very young age
[iframe src=”http://giphy.com/embed/7P2ATDL1nMnLO” width=”500″ height=”267″ frameBorder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen][/iframe]2. Your eyes often hurt when you have an attack
[iframe src=”http://giphy.com/embed/84BjZMVEX3aRG” width=”500″ height=”252″ frameBorder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen][/iframe]3. You get a fever/rash when you’re cold
[iframe src=”http://giphy.com/embed/PvGZX9i9SK8xi” width=”500″ height=”217″ frameBorder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen][/iframe]4. It runs in your family
[iframe src=”http://giphy.com/embed/WwJLGjjuw4QEw” width=”500″ height=”297″ frameBorder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen][/iframe]5. You typically have to wait around 24 hours for an attack to be over
[iframe src=”http://giphy.com/embed/F77lbfwEAnYNG” width=”500″ height=”270″ frameBorder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen][/iframe]Read more about FCAS here.
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