Prevalence and Incidence of Barakat syndrome
Barakat syndrome: Rare Disease
Barakat syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Barakat syndrome, or a subtype of Barakat syndrome,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Ophanet, who are a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Barakat syndrome as a "rare disease".
More information about Barakat syndrome is available from Orphanet
Barakat syndrome Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Prevalence/Incidence of Barakat syndrome: Online Medical Books
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Hypoparathyroidism:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Hypoparathyroidism may be acute or chronic and is classified as idiopathic or acquired. The acquired form may also be reversible. Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism may result from an autoimmune genetic disorder or the congenital absence of the parathyroid glands. Acquired hypoparathyroidism commonly results from accidental removal of or injury to one or more parathyroid glands during thyroidectomy or other neck surgery; rarely it results from massive thyroid irradiation. It may also result from ischemic infarction of the parathyroids during surgery or from hemochromatosis, sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, tuberculosis, neoplasms, or trauma. An acquired, reversible hypoparathyroidism may result from hypomagnesemia-induced impairment of hormone synthesis, from suppression of normal gland function due to hypercalcemia, or from delayed maturation of parathyroid function. (See What happens in acute hypoparathyroidism.)
PTH isn’t regulated by the pituitary or hypothalamus. It normally maintains blood calcium levels by increasing bone resorption and GI absorption of calcium. It also maintains an inverse relationship between serum calcium and phosphate levels by inhibiting phosphate reabsorption in the renal tubules. Abnormal PTH production disrupts this balance. The incidence is 4 out of 100,000 people. Incidence of the idiopathic and reversible forms is highest in children; that of the irreversible acquired form, in older patients who have undergone surgery for hyperthyroidism or other head and neck conditions.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Hypoparathyroidism:
Hypoparathyroidism - epidemiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
Many normal neonates can have hypocalcemia (serum calcium >8 mg/dL) during the 1st 3 weeks of life owing to physiologic transient hypoparathyroidism.
- Parathyroid gland immaturity can lead to deficient PTH release and exaggerated normal fall in serum calcium concentration during the 1st 3 days of life.
- Relative immaturity of renal phosphorus handling and response to PTH can lead to late neonatal hypocalcemia precipitated by a high phosphate diet (cow’s milk-based formulas).
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Barakat syndrome usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Barakat syndrome at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Barakat syndrome refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Barakat syndrome diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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