Supporting Children with Periodic Fever Syndromes at Schools in the U.K.

…are helpful in educating school staff on periodic fever syndromes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23tYnePwOvQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DBWqG2dt2Y Understand the school’s duties. Read ‘Supporting children with SAID at school in England’ below for more information on this. Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland should also have publicly available guidelines for supporting children with health problems at school. Check out the Equality Act 20…

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Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, & Cervical Adenitis Syndrome (PFAPA Syndrome) Research and Information

…y difficult in some patients to differentiate between HIDS and PFAPA. This comprehensive chart compares the typical presentation of PFAPA to the typical presentation of HIDS. Tonsillectomy efficacy is comparable to the standard medical treatment in PFAPA syndrome NIH researchers identify cause and new treatment for common recurrent fever in children – Kineret is a viable treatment for PFAPA – “The anakinra treatment has the potential to restore th…

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NIH Research Funding Benefits Everyone by Improving Health for All!

…h also paved the way for autoinflammatory disease research. Note that the Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, two years ahead of schedule and under budget! Please take a look at these graphs from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FAESB) that clearly show how the reduction in NIH funding over the past 15 years has caused great damage to research in the U.S., and how further cuts could cause irreparable damage an…

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