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Living with Epidermolysis Bullosa
by Silvia C. & Brenda G.
For a COMPLETE listing of books related to EB or geared toward helping Special Need Families, CLICK HERE

Welcome to the EB Awareness and News group, founded on 2/4/2008. Sister groups are available on MYSPACE, FACEBOOK, YAHOO, CAFEMOM and more at the following URLS: http://www.myspace.com/ebawareness http://groups.myspace.com/ebworld
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http://www.cafemom.com/group/6629
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ebnews/
The MAIN Newslist is here:
http://lists.ebinfoworld.com/admindb.cgi/ebnews-ebinfoworld.com
What is Epidermolysis Bullosa?
Epidermolysis Bullosa is the name given to a blistering condition that varies widely in severity and forms. There are many who are diagnosed with milder forms which, while they can be extremely difficult to live with, are non-disfiguring and non-lethal. Other patients are much more fragile, much more severe, and live in constant pain and scarring, which, in the worse forms, leads to eventual disfigurement, disability and often early death.
As if the diagnosis is not heartbreaking enough, no treatment for EB has been effective. Parents have coped by protecting the child's skin with gauze and ointments to prevent and protect the wounds and healthy skin-something that HMOs refuse to pay for and can cost a family up to several thousand dollars a month.
EB is currently an incurable condition with no effective treatment.
For more information about Epidermolysis Bullosa, please visit EB Info World

"I don't know of any disease that children face that causes such long term suffering. You know, you have children that have things that take their lives, but, this disease, they suffer emotionally and physically for a long long time before they either die or... well, and actually in the severe forms that's what happens. "
Lynn Anderson (President of the EBMRF)
Hempfield girl growing stronger since stem cell transplant - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review www.pittsburghlive.com http://www.p continues to wear bandages on her arms, hands, legs and feet. But she's less…
Started by Silvia Jan 2.
Scheme to help 'cotton wool kids' The Australian http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/na is one of Australia's "cotton wool kids", so named because the genetic condition that afflicts them, called ep…
Started by Silvia Jan 2.
LOCAL charity fundraiser and dancing school principal Robina ... Montrose Today - Montrose,Scotland,UK http://www.montrosereview.co. known as the butterfly girl and who died last year, suffered from…
Started by Silvia Dec. 14, 2009.
$17000 donated at Fallbrook event for five-year old Temecula girl Village News Network http://www.thevillagenews.com/story/42525/ with a rare genetic disorder called Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), any a…
Started by Silvia Dec. 14, 2009.
Marybeth and her daughter Samantha were recently featured on the Discovery Health Channel show called "Truth Be Told - I Have A Child With Special Needs". You can follow Samantha Sheridan's Bone Mar…
Started by Silvia Dec. 6, 2009.
Stem Cells Could Offer New Source for Skin Grafts Scientific American - NYC,New York,USA http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/po researchers add that these skin cells could eventually also help peo…
Started by Silvia Dec. 6, 2009.
People with severe EBS at increased risk of skin cancer, say scientists News-Medical-Net Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:25 PM PST http://www.news-medical.net/news/20091125/Peop scientists have discovered the li…
Started by Silvia Dec. 6, 2009.
Tynan meets Olympic champ Ronnie at 'Jingle Run' launch http://www.wicklowpeople.ie/local-notes/tyn People - Wicklow,Ireland Tynan was born with the genetic skin condition epidermolysis bullosa (EB).…
Started by Silvia Dec. 6, 2009.
TV ALERT!!!! The Discovery Health Channel will be showing a show called "Truth Be Told - I Have A Child With Special Needs" on WED December 2nd. One of the families is Marybeth and her daughter Saman…
Started by Silvia Dec. 1, 2009.
Butterfly child Sheboygan Press - Sheboygan,WI,USA http://www.sheboyganpress.com/art has epidermolysis bullosa, a rare skin condition that causes her skin to blister with the slightest friction. Jenn…
Started by Silvia Nov. 15, 2009.
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