{"id":265531,"date":"2023-10-20T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=265531"},"modified":"2023-10-20T19:19:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:49:00","slug":"list-niemann-pick-as-rare-disease-parents-of-young-patients-urge-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/list-niemann-pick-as-rare-disease-parents-of-young-patients-urge-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"List Niemann-Pick as rare disease, parents of young patients urge govt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the articl<\/span>e \u201c<\/b>List Niemann-Pick as rare disease, parents of young patients urge govt<\/b>\u201d<\/b> published in \u201c<\/strong><\/span>TOI\u201d on 20th October 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Parents of children suffering from Niemann-Pick disease have urged the Government of India to notify this disease under the National Policy for Rare Diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n

This would enable eligible patients to receive financial support from the government and access Xenpozyme, an expensive enzyme replacement therapy used for treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is <\/b>Niemann-Pick disease?<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Source:<\/strong> TOI<\/p>\n

Niemann-Pick disease is a group of rare and inherited metabolic disorders that affect the body’s ability to process lipids or fats properly.<\/span><\/p>\n

This buildup of lipids can lead to a wide range of symptoms including liver and spleen enlargement, lung problems, neurological issues, and other complications.<\/span><\/p>\n

Caused by:<\/b> Niemann-Pick is caused by mutations in specific genes related to how the body metabolizes fat (cholesterol and lipids).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 The Niemann-Pick gene mutations are passed from parents to children in a pattern called autosomal recessive inheritance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 This means that both the mother and the father must pass on the defective form of the gene for the child to be affected.<\/span><\/p>\n

Types of <\/b>Niemann-Pick disease:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2013 Type A<\/b> is the most severe form and typically presents itself in infancy or early childhood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Type B <\/b>is less severe than Type A and typically presents in childhood or adolescence.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Type C <\/b>is a rare form that typically presents in adolescence or adulthood.<\/span><\/p>\n

Treatment<\/b>: <\/span>There is currently no cure for Niemann-Pick disease.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cList Niemann-Pick as rare disease, parents of young patients urge govt\u201d published in \u201cTOI\u201d on 20th October 2023 What is the News? Parents of children suffering from Niemann-Pick disease have urged the Government of India to notify this disease under the National Policy for Rare Diseases. This… Continue reading List Niemann-Pick as rare disease, parents of young patients urge govt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,1],"tags":[11872,10496],"class_list":["post-265531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":62,"cached_at":1698371474,"cached_date":1698463082},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}