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Pompe disease

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Pompe disease
Patient discussion about Pompe disease.

Q. help with tingling in the hands amd numness

A. Numbness and tingling of the extremities, or peripheral neuropathy, usually reflects damage to local nerves that communicate with the brain. It’s a symptom that you should report to your doctor if it persists. There are several possible causes of this sensation, ranging from a medication you’re taking, such as a chemotherapeutic agent, to a disease or disorder. The most common non-drug cause of peripheral neuropathy is diabetes. For full article: http://www.parade.com/askdrrosenfeld/neurology/tingling.html This may help also: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/numbness-in-hands/AN01070 Hope this helps.

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Myozyme is the only approved treatment for Pompe disease, a progressively debilitating and often fatal inherited disorder.
And those two that have been seen by the committee and sent out for evidence review, is Pompe disease and Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID).
Plus, clinical evidence shows that newborn screening for Pompe disease will identify infants who will derive the most benefit from the FDA-approved therapy for the disease.
 
 
 
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