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With Pompe Disease, Getting Older Brings New Health Issues

WHY IT MATTERS

Adults with Pompe disease need to know which new health symptoms are disease-related versus age-related so they can discuss them with their doctors and get appropriate treatment.

As people with Pompe disease get older, they may experience new health problems that are hard to tell apart from regular aging. One woman with Pompe disease shares her story about how her condition affects her health as she gets older. This article helps patients understand what changes might be related to their rare disease versus normal aging.

Is this my rare disease or just aging? A woman with Pompe disease shares how getting older affects her health. The post With Pompe Disease, Getting Older Brings New Health Issues appeared first on Rare Disease Advisor

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