Rare Disease Day is an international advocacy day to bring widespread recognition of rare diseases as a global health challenge. The day is celebrated on the last day of February every year.
About Rare Diseases
The National Institutes of Health Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR) maintains a list of rare (orphan) diseases, which are each generally considered to have a prevalence of fewer than 200,000 affected individuals in the United States. Listed rare diseases affecting the functional GI and motility disorders community include:
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- Abdominal Adhesions
- Acute Hepatic Porphyria (AHP)
- Anal Fistulas
- Celiac Disease
- Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI)
- Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency (CSID)
- Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis
- Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
- Food Allergies
- Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Lactose Intolerance
- Malabsorption
- Radiation Induced Injury to the Colon and Rectum
- Scleroderma
- Short Bowel Syndrome
- Nutrition Strategies for Managing Short Bowel Syndrome
- Short Bowel Syndrome: Common Questions
- Medication Options for Short Bowel Syndrome
- Working With a Healthcare Team for SBS
- Management and Treatment of Short Bowel Syndrome
- Surgical Options for Short Bowel Syndrome
- Symptoms, Causes and Diagnosis of Short Bowel Syndrome
- Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
- Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome
- Volvulus
- Focus Attention on Rare Diseases
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