Managing Fabry Disease Requires Me to Put Mind Over Matter

Throughout my life, I’ve often put mind over matter to cope with the manifestations of my multisystem disease. I used this mindset during my 27-year military career to meet the rigorous physical demands of military life while managing Fabry symptoms, including: heart disease kidney disease lung disease chronic pain (small…

Young Fabry Disease Patients Show Brain Lesions in the Absence of Clinical History of Stroke

Children and adolescents with Fabry disease who have no clinical history of stroke, show asymptomatic brain lesions, according to a follow-up neuroimaging study. Early detection of these lesions could make it easier for clinicians to begin treatment. The study, “Brain MRI findings in children and adolescents with Fabry disease” was published in the …