Are All Rare Diseases Genetic? Do Patients Need Life-Long Blood Transfusions? Here Are Some Myths Debunked

Rare disease myths: It is a myth that in all instances, people with the same rare disease can be treated the same way. The most common myth about rare diseases is that they are always genetic.

Rare Diseases: A myth about rare diseases is that adults are impacted more than children. The truth is that children are more prone to rare diseases, and around three out of 10 kids with rare diseases die before five years of age. 

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There are over 5,500 rare diseases, according to the International Classification of Diseases, which provides information on health-related conditions. Rare diseases impact a small percentage of the population, and are also known as orphan diseases in some parts of the world. Some examples of rare diseases are Trisomy X, Klinefelter Syndrome, Thalassaemia, Aplastic Anaemia, Sickle Cell Disease, and Guillain-Barre Syndrome, among others.  When people hear the term rare disease, they think