RARE DISEASES OF KMSK CHILDREN
Rare diseases are not as rare as the name would suggest. According to the Federal Office of Public Health, around 350,000 children and young people in Switzerland alone suffer from a rare disease. A rare disease is defined as one that affects no more than one in 2000 people. There are currently around 8000 different rare diseases worldwide. Unfortunately, many of these genetic defects and metabolic diseases can only be diagnosed after complex and cost-intensive genetic analyses.
If you are affected by one of these diseases and would like to exchange information, please contact Manuela Stier, founder and managing director of the association.
Note: The list includes those diseases that are present in the members of the KMSK Family Network. It does not claim to be complete and is updated on an ongoing basis. Orphanet, the portal for rare diseases, provides a list of rare diseases in alphabetical order.