Directors: | He flees to Alaska, where his plane crashes in the frozen wilderness. Why? | Jonny Ashton, Rare diseases may each only affect a few people, but collectively they affect about 10 percent of the population, said Dr. James Anderson, director of program coordination at NIH. Lee Curreri, Omar Epps, One is a 1950s housewife named Alice. Adoption or "giving up" on getting pregnant do not in themselves increase your chances of becoming pregnant, though television sure makes it seem that way. Kristin Windell | 23 min Someone with multiple personalities. Psychological Bulletin. Kirk beams down to the planet Gideon and appears to find himself trapped on a deserted Enterprise. 125, No. While Graff, of the VHL Family Alliance, has never pitched a television show, Clack, of "Grey's Anatomy," said that the idea is not totally out of the question. Charlie lives in Saint-Quentin and has Glass Bone Disease. Leonard Nimoy, Stars: | Stars: On her quest to help him, a ... See full summary », Director: Boy meets girl, boy seduces girl, they never have sex again, and the next thing you know there's a baby shower. | Tom McLoughlin It's unlikely that a person will emerge from a coma with no residual effects. "Post concussion syndrome: Treatments and drugs." "Systemic Lupus Erythematosus." 91 min But what does baseball legend Willie Mays have to do with this beloved animated special? | Abhishek Bachchan, 88 min Robert Sean Leonard, Director: David Lynch A young, capable professional cannot explain her newly erratic behavior. Stars: A father tries to help his son cope with a rare condition that causes the young boy to age beyond his years. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services. The 22-year-old student from Bowling Green, Ky., was born with a severe brittle-bone disease that affects at most 10,000 people in the US. When suddenly Mai's heart stops and she falls into a coma all Hisashi can do is remain by her side, albeit without knowing whether she might ... See full summary », Director: Quinn K. Redeker, TV-PG Rob Riggle, Samuel Barnett, | By using a mixture of live ... See full summary », Director: You'll meet a person with post-traumatic amnesia. Gui Adorno, A 22 year old man who has lived inside a crystal room because of a rare illness, meets an up and coming rock star, and the two fall in love. | | Terrence Montgomery, Leo Hueckel-Sliwinski, 12 min Babe Unger Joreen Apuyan-Trostle, TV-14 It is believed that about 80% of rare diseases have a genetic component. (Sept. 13, 2011) http://www.sho.com/site/tara/home.do, Simpson Crazy. Director: Magnum poses as a doctor on a dating app in order to find a killer who may be preying on wealthy men. Stars: A 22 year old man who has lived inside a crystal room because of a rare illness, meets an up and coming rock star, and the two fall in love. Gertrude Michael, TV-G Director: However, occasionally you come across a TV show that seems to have made an effort to “get it right.” These shows can make viewers with the condition feel validated and actually help start conversations about illnesses that are often misunderstood. Horror, Jacob is a young man in Los Angeles, California who lives a life of isolation by day and works as a security guard by night. Director: | Drama. After all, most of the common stuff is boring, right? Maya Parish, CDC officials had never seen anything like it; the mysterious illness had claimed the lives of more than 20 ... See full summary », Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Edna May Oliver, | | Stars: (Sept. 13, 2011)http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/post-concussion-syndrome/DS01020/DSECTION=treatments-and-drugs, Mayo Clinic. Ai Hashimoto, 28 min Director: A psychological profile of the perpetrator leads ... See full summary », Stars: People with autism have a broad range of skills and abilities. On Valentine's Day, House meddles in relationships as he works to diagnose a teenager who has a genetic inability to feel pain. A caretaker devotes himself to three demented siblings after their father's death. Chloë Grace Moretz, | William Henry, | (Sept. 14, 2011) http://www.lupus.org/webmodules/webarticlesnet/templates/new_newsroomnews.aspx?articleid=1352&zoneid=59, Mayo Clinic. Hiroko Yakushimaru, 133 min However, since rare disorders are both scarce and complex, much research still needs to be done to diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. Sky goes on the hunt for missing man. A neurosurgeon is thrown out of the medical profession after he performs a daring but unsuccessful surgery. Sôichirô Hoshi, Francis Collins, TV-PG Peter Thomas, In fact, the chance of becoming pregnant within one monthly cycle ranges from zero on day one to 9 percent on day 13 (ovulation occurs mid-cycle) [source: Princeton University]. Jay Hernandez, Robert Sean Leonard, 59 min Lloyd Bochner, Stars: Cory Imler, 13 min Many of the categories cover a specific body system. Documentary, Biography, Drama. Comedy, Drama, Romance. But that may not be accurate. Now called dissociative identity disorder (DID) by experts, this condition is related to severe trauma experienced during early childhood. Hannah Marks, Stars: Director: Lisa Edelstein, Stars: Carol Ohmart, Drama, Music, Romance. (Sept. 13, 2011) http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/food-allergies/AA00057, Mayo Clinic. Winona, a sassy and spunky girl is just diagnosed with lupus, Bong, a guy who secretly loves her, will do everything for her to live to the fullest before she expires. | Tomasz Sliwinski, | Perdita Weeks, | Increase your knowledge about rare diseases with these facts! 111 min Quinn K. Redeker, Not very. However, most people with autism fall in a more moderate range of abilities. 23,392 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller, A young medical student attempts to cure her brother from a terminal sleep illness called Fatal Familial Insomnia, where you are unable to sleep until you die. Elijah Wood, $9.56M, PG-13 Rare diseases seem to be diagnosed by doctors all the time on TV. Director: In fact, her character is considered a genius. | A patient may also have forgotten whom he or she really is. But in reality, deep coma is when the person is so unresponsive that he or she is unable to be aroused at all, even to painful stimuli. Zachary Knighton, Lon Chaney Jr., | Chris Hughes, 11,287 Scott Speer | | An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention. | Action, Adventure, Drama. From what you see on TV, post-traumatic amnesia can show up in someone who's never even been in a coma, or in a person who was in a coma for a very short time. For example, "House M.D." Masahiro Arakaki, Toni Gonzaga, However, it's difficult to find any mention of butterscotch allergy in medical literature (however, some butterscotch chips may contain traces of peanuts, making them possibly dangerous to someone with a peanut allergy). A man with a life-threatening allergic reaction to onions. Documentary Director: Ryan Stockstad "The Emergency Contraception Website." Leslie Gordon, Cale Ferrin, | If you believe what you see in TV dramas, a simple bump on the head could cause amnesia. In reality, post-traumatic amnesia is a normal part of the recovery process for patients emerging from a coma [source: Synapse]. 25 min People suffering from illnesses un or misdiagnosed, discuss their journey to finding a diagnosis. "Dissociative Identity Disorder." | But the truth is that more than 95 percent of cardiac arrest victims die before reaching the hospital, according to the American Heart Association. And that's why one time -- finally, on an episode entitled "You Don't Want to Know," a patient was finally diagnosed with the rare disease [source: Lupus Foundation of America]. Director: Gil Bettman | Stars: Lee Curreri , Tawny Kitaen , Lloyd Bochner , May Heatherly He apparently has post-traumatic amnesia. Takahisa Zeze Amy in HBO's "In Treatment" battles infertility for five years. Molly Ringwald, "Finally! (Clinic Cases: Unvaccinated baby, man with boil on leg. | July 8, 2012. Tim Martin operates on a woman with a disease so rare, he is thought to be the first in the UK to attempt the procedure. Sean Fine, Action, Adventure, Crime. Although 10 minutes is the usual amount of time between commercials on prime time, that time interval probably seems absurd to women who have given birth in real life. | Drew Bolander, Comedy, Drama. I've created a template to simplify markup for this external link to the NIH's Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) - see Template:RareDiseases, which takes as parameters the Disease ID Number and optionally also alternative text (i.e. | Paresh Rawal, Votes: Lee Marvin, (Sept. 19, 2011) http://abc.go.com/shows/lost/episode-detail/the-constant/82942, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Or that 25- 30 million Americans live with a rare disease? John Lloyd Cruz, Below are some of the known causes of rare diseases. Watch Mystery Diagnosis episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. | With Razor Rizotti, Jack Donoghue, Robin Ellsworth, Jacob Baeza. Stars: More than 7,000 conditions are considered rare diseases. Director: | Stars: "You and Your Baby." Craig Allen, | Actual CPR survival rates in the medical literature for hospitalized patients range from 30 to 40 percent [source: Diem, Lantos and Tulsky]. Director: Holistic detective Dirk Gently investigates cases involving the supernatural. Director: So women older than age 35 would be even less likely to conceive after having sex just once than women younger than age 20. They may excel in math or music, for example. | Over 6,000 different rare diseases have been identified to date. But it's not a sure thing that you'll become pregnant from one act of intercourse, either. having cured a rare disease through coincidence he is ... See full summary », Director: TV shows clearly overestimate the survival of people who receive CPR in the hospital. | Emilie lives in Barcelona and has Dystonia. Director: This year in 2019, the theme of Rare Disease Day is 'Bridging health and social care' which will work on bettering healthcare facilities for patients suffering from rare diseases. Director: Hugh Laurie, | Vol. Patrick Schwarzenegger, Nov. 29, 2007. Rare Disease Day is all about raising awareness for rare diseases, with the ultimate goal of getting more funding for rare disease research. Documentary, Crime, When a six-year-old girl disappeared from church during a Sunday service, investigators feared a stalker was preying on children. Any other ideas? Director: Zak Kilberg, To date, the cause remains unknown for many rare diseases. Stuart Bernard, And that's in couples who are actually trying to get pregnant and who have sex throughout the month. What does all this mean? "In Treatment: Amy." | In the soap opera "All My Children,"Lily is a character with Asperger's syndrome, a type of high-functioning autism. Generations have grown up watching 'A Charlie Brown Christmas.' Most rare diseases show an unusual epigenetic structure across the genome but a small percentage of them come from infectious diseases, rare cancers, and unusual autoimmune disorders. "Infertility and Reproduction Guide: Your Pre-pregnancy Checkup" (Sept. 13, 2011) http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/guide/ready-to-conceive, WebMD. Anthony Batchelor, Shaun Dooley, 8 min | | | William Shatner, Here are 10 conditions we thought were contrived, listed in no particular order. When a special secret research division of the U.S. ... See full summary », Director: Lorenzo's Oil (1992) The 1992 film "Lorenzo's Oil" stars Hollywood heavyweights, Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte. About 30 million people, or one in 10 people, in the U.S. are affected by a rare disease. Stars: Bita Begay, | | (Sept. 13, 2011) http://www.soapcentral.com/amc/whoswho/lily.php, Synapse. | Gross: A severe allergic reaction to onions is actually rare. 1. "The Constant." "Mental Health: Dissociative Identity Disorder." "Cardiac Arrest." "Bart Simpson." Amelia Douglass, Not Rated | Having sex one time ... especially the first time -- almost guarantees pregnancy on TV, especially in soap operas. | Approximately 50% of the people affected by Rare Disease are children Fred Gerber (Sept. 13, 2011) http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/coma/DS00724/DSECTION=tests-and-diagnosis, Mayo Clinic. Minki Allen, In retrograde amnesia, people don't remember what happened before the injury occurred. 5, pp. Scott Leberecht Documentary, Crime, Young Navajos on a reservation in the southwest were dying at an alarming rate. "About AMC: Who's Who in Pine Valley." Genetic Mutations. Kerri Dillon, Documentary "The study found that of 60 patients who underwent CPR, 46, or 77 percent, survived. Diseases are grouped into categories to help you find related conditions. | Sofia Marques, For ‘Diagnosis’ Show, Dr. Lisa Sanders Lets Times Readers Around the World Join in the Detective Work A Times Magazine columnist credits Sherlock … On a class field trip, a teacher discovers that her six-year-old student, Ian, is bleeding profusely. Stars: Stars: Vhong Navarro, Rare diseases can originate at various stages of life depending on the cause. In the United States, a disease is defined as rare when it affects less than 200,000 at any given time. Drama, A young man becomes afflicted with a disease so rare that there is no record of it anywhere in world history. Samuel Trostle, | But they may have a sense of self, time, and place. He is allergic to water. A moving look at a couple's inspiring efforts to save their only son Sam from the rare and fatal premature-aging disease of progeria. Systemic lupus erythematosus, usually just referred to as lupus, is a chronic inflammatory disease that causes the body's immune system to damage the person's body. Sharon Acker, TV-14 Stars: Short, Drama, Mystery. (Sept. 13, 2011) http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/lupus/DS00115/DSECTION=symptoms, Merck Manual Home Edition. In fact, the general consensus by experts is that if a deep coma from a head injury lasts for three months or more, it's unlikely the person will substantially recover [source: Merck Manual]. | | It occurs in 1.8 to 7.6 Americans per 100,000 [source:U.S. Centers for Disease Control]. "The study found that of 60 patients who underwent CPR, 46, or 77 percent, survived. Stars: How Baseball Great Willie Mays Became the Catalyst for "A Charlie Brown Christmas". June 13, 1996. Stars: Director: Lisa Edelstein, 44 min Stars: In fact, some speculate that a recent upswing in the number of diagnoses of DID may be spurred on by increased attention in fiction and the news media [source: Lilienfeld, et al.]. Stars: When she still fails to become pregnant, she and her husband, Harry, adopt a child. NIH' Office of Rare Diseases. Foods that contain proteins more likely to cause severe allergic reactions in susceptible people include shellfish and peanuts. Stars: | "Post Traumatic Amnesia -- Fact Sheet." Stars: ABC. Thomas Mann, 60 min Experts estimate that between 0.1 percent and 1 percent of the general population has DID [source: WebMD]. Fertility rates in women also decline with age. The aim of the series is to raise awareness about lesser known ailments, showcase revolutionary new treatments, and also show our audience in detail how the diagnosis process works – often patients are left wondering why their GP has taken a certain course of action; rare conditions offer us the opportunity to follow a doctor thought process from beginning to end. On the other hand, amnesia is a perfectly normal part of recovery from a coma. Lon Chaney Jr., Omar Epps, My younger sister survived an extremely rare disease and I wanted to know if anyone knew of any television shows about the real stories of people with rare diseases? Gerard Barrett (Sept. 13, 2011) http://www.hbo.com/in-treatment/cast-and-crew/amy/index.html, Lilienfeld, Scott O., et al. DeForest Kelley, | On TV, it's not so uncommon to find someone who has dissociative personality disorder. In season four of "Lost,"Desmond experiences amnesia after a helicopter crash and doesn't recognize anyone [source: ABC]. David Ruben Talk 13:40, 25 April 2007 (UTC) | Read all news including political news, current affairs and news headlines online on Rare Diseases today. Spock on the real Enterprise must use his diplomatic skills to deal with the uncooperative inhabitants of Gideon and find the Captain. And the same goes for doctors' heroic actions that are compelling on screen but would never work in a real hospital. But she can't conceive right away. Beverly Washburn, 119 min Did you know that there are over 7,000 rare diseases? | Project Purple's mission is to ensure that the world knows the word Sarcoidosis, increase funding to Sarcoidosis Research, and make a positive impact on the quality of life for those living with chronic illness. More than one registry often exists for the same rare disease, while existing registries account for approximately only 20% of all rare diseases. Peter O'Fallon Spread across Bogotá, Colombia, four individuals manage life with a rare skin disease. 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