October is the official month to boost awareness of Mast Cell Disorders such as Hereditary αlpha Tryptasemia Syndrome.
But since my family and I have a number of co-morbidities, I'd like to highlight these as well:
February is the official month for the following:
- Heart and Congenital Heart Defects
- Gallbladder & Bile Duct Cancer
- Raynaud's
February 29th is Rare Disease Day...amusing since that is a rare day, only occurring every 4 years. The day is celebrated on February 28th on non-Leap years.
March is
- Endometriosis
- Kidney and Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Sleep Awareness and Sleep Apnea
April is
- Foot Health, like Heel Spurs, Supination and Ganglion Cysts
May is
- Ehlers-Danlos and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders
- Digestive Health and IBD like Mastocytic Enterocolitis
- Skin cancer
- Asthma and allergies
- ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia
- World Autoimmune and AutoInflammatory Arthritis
June is
- World brain tumor, Brain awareness, Alzheimer's, Migraine, Headache
- Rare Chromosome Disorder Awareness Day
September is