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Bri-Finding the Light in the Darkness
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Innehåll tillhandahållet av Kasey Kellem and Greta Fechter, Kasey Kellem, and Greta Fechter. Allt poddinnehåll inklusive avsnitt, grafik och podcastbeskrivningar laddas upp och tillhandahålls direkt av Kasey Kellem and Greta Fechter, Kasey Kellem, and Greta Fechter eller deras podcastplattformspartner. Om du tror att någon använder ditt upphovsrättsskyddade verk utan din tillåtelse kan du följa processen som beskrivs här https://sv.player.fm/legal.
Briana Wozniak is a 16-year-old student at Berea High School who lives with a rare genetic disorder called, Wolfram Syndrome. She was diagnosed with type one diabetes when she was 7, just a couple days after her birthday. Three years later, to the date, on June 16th of 2014, she was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called Wolfram Syndrome. For those of you who don’t know, Wolfram Syndrome is a rare, autosomal genetic condition found in 1 in a million people across the world. There are four main characteristics to this: Diabetes Mellitus (insulin dependent diabetes), Diabetes Insipidus (altered kidney function), deafness, and optic a-trophy. Briana has all 4 manifestations of the syndrome. It is a progressive disease, but with the help of doctors at Washington University and St. Louis Children's Hospital, she is part of a research clinic that is searching for a way to stop the progression and reverse the damages.
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