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Three years ago, 27-year-old Devin Petite started having trouble with her speech. She could barely sing a song and friends and family told her she sounded like she was either tired or had been drinking. “Physically, my muscles weren’t working. When I looked at pictures of myself, my smile didn’t even look like me,” Devin …

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On Saturday, April 15, the international Pompe community will raise awareness of Pompe disease through International Pompe Day. Reflecting the importance of movement for those living with Pompe, this year’s annual event slogan is “Every Move Counts.” “We all have different abilities and levels of disability, but the important thing to remember and focus on …

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When a patient experiences sensations including pins and needles, burning, stabbing, itching or prickliness, they may have small fiber neuropathy, a condition that is diagnosed through a skin punch biopsy. Small nerve fibers connect pain receptors in the skin to the spinal cord and brain and can stimulate internal organs like the heart, gastrointestinal tract …

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When author Scott Blackwood was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease), he was shocked. Early symptoms of the disease are varied, gradual and mimic other conditions, so those other conditions had to be eliminated before he was officially diagnosed. ALS is a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disease that attacks nerve …

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