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What are ectodermal dysplasias?
The ectodermal dysplasias are inherited disorders that involve defects in the hair, nails, sweat glands and teeth. When a person has at least two types of abnormal ectodermal features—for example, malformed teeth and extremely sparse hair—the individual is identified as being affected by ectodermal dysplasia.
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Stories of Hope
What better time to raise money for the NFED?
What better time to raise money for the NFED?
By Brian Brubaker Overheating hasn’t been something that Kindergartner Emily Rose Brubaker has had to deal with very much so far growing up in Alaska. Normally in Alaska, hyp-O-thermia is much more common that hyp-ER-thermia. But in the middle of the Alaska winter, when the…
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Cody’s Limitless Life
Cody’s Limitless Life
What have you let set you back today? This is a question that Cody Snell can answer with a smile. He has he never let anything including his x-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (XLHED) keep him from anything. That includes playing sports year round while growing…
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Doing Everything I Can for Ectodermal Dysplasias
Doing Everything I Can for Ectodermal Dysplasias
By Debbie Fenoglio I was pregnant with my second son, Benjamin, in the late summer of 2011 when it was first suggested that my oldest son, Jackson, had ectodermal dysplasia. Like many before me, I had not heard of ectodermal dysplasia. It was offered by…
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A Legacy of HED: Finding Answers for the Reeder Family
A Legacy of HED: Finding Answers for the Reeder Family
Ectodermal dysplasia runs in Kylie Reeder’s family. After she married, her in-laws learned that the daughter they are adopting may also share the condition.
Read the Full StoryCounting Down to Family Conference and First Advocacy Day
We can’t wait till July when we will welcome more than 450 people to our Family Conference in Falls Church. This will be the largest gathering in history of our ectodermal dysplasias community. More than 170 of our voices will be heard on Capitol Hill for the first Ectodermal Dysplasias Advocacy Day on July 19. We have all of details you need to know to make your trip one to remember!
Learn MoreUpcoming Events
- Aug 12, 2017 Don’t Sweat It Walk/Run
- Sep 9, 2017 Bruno’s NFED Golf Outing