It’s hard to get our thoughts out to others when our thoughts are a disorganized, tangled, mess – amidst caregiver chaos, so, I’m giving myself a few minutes to get it out. I think it is in these times and on these days when we need connection the most, and when sharing our experience is…
Hope for HH is co-sponsoring the 4th International Symposium on Hypothalamic Hamartomas – a professional symposium for HH investigators, clinicians and researchers – in Washington DC Sept. 12-14. The Symposium aims to identify gaps in understanding and opportunities for future HH research studies and collaborations to improve diagnosis, treatment and care of both the seizures…
Hope for HH is co-sponsoring the 4th International Symposium on Hypothalamic Hamartomas – a professional symposium for HH investigators, clinicians and researchers – in Washington DC Sept. 12-14. The Symposium aims to identify gaps in understanding and opportunities for future HH research studies and collaborations to improve diagnosis, treatment and care of both the seizures…
While other hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) comorbidities have been studied in more depth – the psychiatric and behavior components of this rare syndrome have not. We, as a community of patients and caregivers, have long struggled to understand the reasoning behind what we are told are conditions that are “likely” related to HH and which ones…
Meu nome é Renato e moro no Brasil com minha esposa e 2 filhos. Estou aqui para falar sobre meu filho mais velho, Guilherme. Nasceu em 2011. Junto com o HH, Guilherme também nasceu com polidactilia de ambas as mãos e de ambos os pés. Por muitas razões, digo que ele é realmente único. Levou…
[see translation here] My name is Renato and I live in Brazil with my wife and 2 kids. I am here to tell you about my oldest son, Guilherme. He was born in 2011. Along with the hypothalamic hamartoma (HH), Guilherme also was born with polydactyly of both hands and both feet. For many reasons,…
Hope for HH is co-sponsoring the 4th International Symposium on Hypothalamic Hamartomas – a professional symposium for HH investigators, clinicians and researchers – in Washington DC Sept. 12-14. The Symposium aims to identify gaps in understanding and opportunities for future HH research studies and collaborations to improve diagnosis, treatment and care of both the seizures…
Thriving with HH – Interview with Sierra Crislip
Hope for HH is co-sponsoring the 4th International Symposium on Hypothalamic Hamartomas – a professional symposium for HH investigators, clinicians and researchers – in Washington DC Sept. 12-14. The Symposium aims to identify gaps in understanding and opportunities for future HH research studies and collaborations to improve diagnosis, treatment and care of both the seizures…
In my last blog, I introduced the concept of comorbidities and hypothalamic hamartomas (HH). If you happened to miss that blog, you can read it here. In that blog, I noted that in medicine, a comorbidity is defined as a condition or symptom that occurs, or is seen more frequently with, a separate primary medical…