Helping the medicine go down: the role of the healthcare professional in a young person’s experience of achalasia, a rare oesophageal motility disorder

Abstract Young patients can be uniquely vulnerable to the impacts of a rare disease, diagnosed in their critical years of identity formation, social development, and planning for the future. Drawing from my journey as both a rare disease patient and a medical student, this essay explores how the rar...

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Main Author: Geena Capps
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-02-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-025-03571-0
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