My Agonizing and Expensive Rare Disease Treatment – Part 2
Click here to read Part 1 of Theresa's HAE Diagnosis. A couple of months later I flew back to Nebraska, got sick on the plane with an abdominal attack at…
Click here to read Part 1 of Theresa's HAE Diagnosis. A couple of months later I flew back to Nebraska, got sick on the plane with an abdominal attack at…
When I was 20 years old, my new husband and I celebrated our marriage with family and friends, with a luncheon where there was no alcohol. Neither of us drank…
Last summer, I was sitting on my deck, reading the NY Daily News (don't judge me; I've been reading it since I was six years old), and I came upon…
I don’t know what it is about hereditary angioedema (HAE) that makes people with it have a really great sense of humor, but they do. Maybe it’s the absurdity of…
Al igual que muchos con angioedema hereditario, esta familia no sabía que la enfermedad estaba afectando a varios de sus miembros hasta que uno de los miembros, Ken, fue diagnosticado…
Amanda luchó durante años para comprender el dolor y la hinchazón que se mantuvo experimentar. Sus médicos no podía entender era incorrecto y que nunca supo por qué la garganta…
¿Por qué les importa tanto las enfermedades raras a las compañías farmacéuticas? Congreso. La FDA. Defensores de los pacientes. Y Venture Philanthropy. Cuando se trata de enfermedades raras, los medicamentos…
Muchas personas con angioedema hereditario (AEH) le dirá que realmente no están seguros de qué causa sus ataques, pero pueden identificar algunos factores desencadenantes comunes, tales como el estrés, la…
Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is a rare disease—like an incredibly rare disease, affecting only about 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 50, 000 people. Despite that, over recent years, it’s gotten…
The HAE community cheered in July of 2015 when another new therapy was approved by the FDA to treat acute HAE attacks. Now, the pharma company has another reason to cheer. The…
En la famosa adaptación cinematográfica del musical, Cabaret, Sally Bowles y el maestro de ceremonias realizó las famosas líneas de "El dinero hace girar el mundo." Aunque es obvio en…
A guy walks into an emergency room. He tells the doctor, “I’ve got abdominal pain. Can you help me with my (IBS)?” The doctor shakes her head and says, “No, but…
Sufre de AEH? Biofeedback Reporting puede salvar su vida! Hay muchas noticias saliendo al rededor de BioRx, una empresa nacional de la especialidad farmacéutica, con sede en Cincinnati, Ohio. Se…
It's true—there's power in numbers, especially when it comes to living with a rare disease. Inside the hereditary angioedema (HAE) community, the term "HAE" is thrown around willy-nilly. It's a…
¿Y ahora qué? Llegaste al doctor para hacerte un chequeo y sales con un diagnostico que cambia tu vida entera. Sea, Distonía, Acromegalia, Angioedema Hereditario (AEH) o la enfermedad de…
El angioedema hereditario puede ser una enfermedad rara que califica para el estatus de medicamento "huérfano", pero estamos lejos de estar solo. Hay organizaciones de AEH y las instalaciones de…
Expert knowledge, however indispensable, is no substitute for a generous and comprehending outlook upon the human story with all its sadness and with all its unquenchable hope.” -Winston Churchill We…
Jake Conaway learned how dangerous hereditary angioedema (HAE) can be when he was just seven years old. That’s when his father died because of the rare genetic condition, which occurs in about…
Hereditary angioedema may be a rare disease that qualifies for “orphan” drug status, but we are far from alone. There are HAE organizations and treatment facilities all over the world…
In August 2015, pharmaceutical giant, Shire, made public their new deal with Sanquin, the company that manufactures CINRYZE®. CINRYZE is a drug that is indicated for the rare disease disorder,…
Domingo didn’t want to go to yet another doctor. He’d had it. They never believed him when he described his weird and extremely painful swelling episodes. When he was a…
Recently, the FDA gave "breakthrough therapy" status to a potential new drug that may help prevent HAE attacks. But how does that affect you, the patient? What does "breakthrough therapy" really mean?…
The people have spoken. The Patient-Focused Drug Development Initiative of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the selection of diseases it will address during 2016 and 2017. Which…
No one likes shots. We are talking needle shots. And no one likes hereditary angioedema attacks. So it’s no secret that people having an HAE attack don’t want to give…