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Congenital athymia is a rare condition in which a child is born without a thymus, which produces cells needed to fight infection. The Immune Deficiency Foundation states most children with the condition die by age 2 or 3 with only supportive care. Just days after Katie and JD had their son, Charlie, they were forced to bring him back to a hospital after test results showed he had no immune system.
Congenital athymia is a rare condition in which a child is born without a thymus, which produces cells needed to fight infection. The Immune Deficiency Foundation states most children with the condition die by age 2 or 3 with only supportive care. Just days after Katie and JD had their son, Charlie, they were forced to bring him back to a hospital after test results showed he had no immune system.
On a scale of 1 to 10, Andrea, a Maryland resident, described her unexplained gastrointestinal pain as a 15. But despite her symptoms, it took her nearly two years to finally get diagnosed with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI), a condition in which the pancreas doesn't produce enough enzymes to help the body properly digest food. And her journey didn't end there.
On a scale of 1 to 10, Andrea, a Maryland resident, described her unexplained gastrointestinal pain as a 15. But despite her symptoms, it took her nearly two years to finally get diagnosed with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI), a condition in which the pancreas doesn't produce enough enzymes to help the body properly digest food. And her journey didn't end there.