Archive for 2026
Report from our February meeting
We had a wonderful time in Birmingham when patients, parents, and carers spent time meeting each other, with lots of learning from all the experts around us. Read our report.
Read MoreIfan
In February 2025, we welcomed our second born son, Ifan. Unfortunately, Ifan’s birth was not straightforward, and we stayed in hospital for a few days afterwards while he was having frequent blood tests to check his blood sugars and his bilirubin levels. At the time, we yearned to go home, but now, we wouldn’t change…
Read MoreFamilial chylomicronemia syndrome: An expert clinical review from the National Lipid Association
Fiza Javed, MD1 ∙ Robert A. Hegele, MD2 ∙ Abhimanyu Garg, MD3 ∙ Nivedita Patni, MD4 ∙ Daniel Gaudet, MD, PhD5 ∙ Lauren Williams, RDN6 ∙ Mohamed Khan, HBSc7 ∙ Qingyang Li, MSc7 ∙ Zahid Ahmad, MD8 Conclusions FCS is a rare inherited disorder characterized by severely elevated TG levels due to severe genetic compromise of intravascular LPL activity. Hypertriglyceridemia is refractory to fibrates and O3FAs, and many patients suffer from recurrent attacks of hypertriglyceridemic acute pancreatitis. Genetic testing and/or clinical algorithms distinguish FCS from MCS, which is…
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