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When rare disease patients know more than their doctors

I know more about my rare condition than most doctors I meet and I've started lying about symptoms just to avoid the educational conversations that should be going the other way.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The inversion of the traditional knowledge hierarchy creates an exhausting burden of educating those who should be providing care.

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“Where Are You with Rare and orphan conditions?”

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