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Fatal Familial Insomnia: what it is, symptoms and treatment

03/05/202403/05/2024Store Latina

Fatal familial insomnia, also known by the acronym IFF, is an extremely rare genetic disease that affects a part of the brain known as the thalamus, which is mainly responsible for controlling the body’s sleep and wake cycle. The first symptoms tend to appear between the ages of 32 and 62, but are more common […]

Familial hypercholesterolemia: what it is, symptoms, causes and treatment

19/03/202418/03/2025Store Latina

Familial hypercholesterolemia is a genetic disease in which there are very high levels of cholesterol in the blood, which can cause symptoms such as nodules around the eyes, yellow plaques on the skin and joint pain, due to the accumulation of cholesterol. Cholesterol is a type of fat that, although it is essential for the […]

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Fatal Familial Insomnia: what it is, symptoms and treatment

Familial hypercholesterolemia: what it is, symptoms, causes and treatment

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