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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

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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)
11-year-old to throw out first pitch http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?story - Denver,CO,USA She was born with a rare genetic skin disease called EB, which stands for Epidermolysis Bullosa. "S...
Started by Silvia Oct 11.
I just attanded SAWC, and had a chance to talk with DEBRA association, the results are great. This gel really helps. www.woundbegone.com
Started by Maggie Jankowski Sep 22.
Hello everyone! I wanted to let you know about a show coming up on TLC next week. Next Wednesday on TLC at 6 p.m.(check your local listings for exact times, it looks like it's 6PM Pacific, 7PM Mou...
Started by Silvia. Last reply by Silvia Sep 21.
Next Wednesday (September 16, 2009) on TLC at 9 p.m., please watch "Truth Be Told - I have a child with Special Needs". A family with EB will be featured on there. The child in it is the family tha...
Started by Sara Denslaw Sep 10.
Brother's gift targets Granbury girl's rare skin disease Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA http://www.star-telegram.com/health/s every day of her life from a rare, painful skin disease —...
Started by Silvia Sep 9.
Neighbours rally round to send baby Kevin to Lourdes The Nationalist - Carlow,Ireland http://www.carlow-nationalist.ie/ta Kevin McHugh, who was born with a skin condition called epidermolysis bullo...
Started by Silvia Sep 9.
Butterfly skin won't keep me from school -- Claudia (5) Herald.ie - Dublin,Ireland http://www.herald.ie/national-news/ Scanlon who suffers from Epidermolysis Bullosa is looking forward to going to ...
Started by Silvia Sep 9.
Over the Rainbow on Sunday Montrose Today - Montrose,Scotland,UK http://www.montrosereview.co. was known as the Butterfly Girl because she was born with a rare genetic condition, epidermolysis bull...
Started by Silvia Sep 9.
A Hometown Homerun For A Child in Need NBC Connecticut - Hartford,CT,USA http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news suffers from a rare skin disorder called RDEB (Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa...
Started by Silvia Sep 9.
More than skin-deep Ottawa Citizen - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada http://www.ottawacitizen.com Carleton journalism graduate Alice Ervin, 23, was born with epidermolysis bullosa, a condition that blisters ...
Started by Silvia Sep 8.
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