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Prof. Mieczyslaw Walczak: More and more rare diseases can be treated. However, the patient receives a diagnosis on average 5 years after the first symptoms

MedExpress Team

Piotr Wójcik

Published Sept. 11, 2023 09:51

Prof. Mieczyslaw Walczak: More and more rare diseases can be treated. However, the patient receives a diagnosis on average 5 years after the first symptoms - Header image
- Patients very often circulate from doctor to doctor, from clinic to clinic, from specialist to specialist. On average, a rare disease is not diagnosed until five years after the first symptoms appear," said Prof. Mieczyslaw Walczak, head of the Department of Pediatrics, Endocrinology, Diabetology, Metabolic Diseases and Cardiology of the Pomeranian Medical University, national consultant in pediatric endocrinology and diabetology, in an interview with Medexpress during the Economic Forum in Karpacz.
  • The Plan for Rare Diseases was developed for many years, along the lines of what is in other countries around the world, and especially in the European Union. It was statutorily approved only two years ago.
  • Activities are being carried out in many directions. These include ...

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