National Organization for Rare Disorders

Abortion What is abortion? Abortion is where you do not want to go forward with having your kid and that you’re killing it. Are there long term effects to abortion? Yes there are side effects that people have to live with. The World Health Organizations estimated millions of cases for abortion each year that has so many records per day. People have many medical reasons for abortion some people are less controversial and some or more acceptable than abortions. Some of the medical reasons that…

Usher syndrome is an orphan disease that is extremely common, but is often swept under the rug. It is an inherited disorder that appears in mostly children at a young age and is the most frequent cause of deaf-blindness in humans. It is characterized by hearing impairment that leads to total deafness along with progressive vision loss. There are four levels of Usher Syndrome, Usher Type I, Usher Type II, Usher Type III, and Usher Type IV. Usher Type II is the most common type of Usher Syndrome.…

Introduction According to Seligman & Fowler (2011), the response of psychology to the needs of the US military intensified during the First and the Second World Wars (p. 82). This followed the increasing levels of anxiety, suicide, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, and the need for highly resilient army officers who would undertake the unforeseen future warfare. During the world wars, many psychological problems evolved among the soldiers. For example, there were high cases of…

Imagine that your grandpa is sick, the doctors say that he only has a few months to live. They also say that you could give him a lethal dose of medication that will end his “sufferings”. Only 20% of life expectancy predictions are correct (Mayo clinic Jane Brody). Is the small chance of the doctor’s life expectancy estimate being correct worth ending your grandfather’s life when there is still a chance that he could recover. Euthanasia is the practice of ending a human life, with the person’s…

Oculocutaneous albinism type 1 however, affects all ethnic groups and there is no place, or group of people who are more affected than others. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, type 2 is shown more in African American’s, some Native American groups, and people from the sub-Saharan parts of Africa. In type 3, specifically speaking about rufous oculocutaneous albinism, shows up in cases of people from…

Inborn errors of metabolism are a group of rare disorders characterized by metabolic pathway abnormalities. One such disorder is Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) otherwise known as Branched-chain Ketoaciduria, a dangerous condition in which over saturation of amino acids in the blood can lead to toxicity progressing to encephalopathy, neurodegeneration, coma or respiratory failure (Haldeman-Englert, 2015). MSUD results from a malfunction of the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex…

to some families, is a required burden that they plainly cannot support. Many of the diseases that vaccines are created to protect people from, are already so rare that the chance of acquiring those diseases is lower than the chance of having to deal with one of the potentially dangerous side effects. And, the major medical organizations that are supposed to be in place to protect the public from harmful forms of vaccines are compromised by greedy scientists only interested in making themselves…

The tolls a vaccine preventable disease can put on a family are far worse than vaccinating a child, which is most likely covered by insurance. Some may argue that they cannot afford vaccinations, but organizations are created for that specific purpose. The Vaccines for Children (VFC) organization is a federally funded program that provides vaccines at no cost to low income families (U.S. Department of Health Services). The financial tolls of a vaccine preventable disease carry more burden than…

service personnel and Veterans, in addition to vocational rehabilitation for the disabled. In the 1920s, three different federal agencies administered the various benefits: the Veterans Bureau, the Bureau of Pensions of the Interior Department, and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. On August 9, 1921, the Congress consolidated all federal Veterans programs by combining World War I Veterans programs to create the Veterans Bureau. Public Health Service Veterans’ hospitals…

reaction, which is characterized by being rapid in onset with life threatening circulatory problems. We could never truly understand someone’s experience unless you lived through it or are a close family member dealing with it everyday. Knowing more about rare illnesses can provide more understanding towards the individuals that are suffering and can provide them with a sense of confidence that they are not alone dealing with this that…