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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“It’s Just a Fever,” and Other Myths & Misconceptions About Periodic Fever Syndromes

…c testing panels only test for mutations in certain exons, or for the more common areas for these diseases, so uncommon, or unknown mutations could be missed. With some forms of CAPS, the older standard genetic testing did not identify mutations in around 40% of cases–often in the most severe form of CAPS, known as NOMID/CINCA. These patients had all the clinical findings, labs and symptoms of NOMID, but were previously called “mutation negative.”…

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