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Topic: How to Advocate for Yourself or Your Loved One
Guest Speaker: Abbie Cornett, Patient Advocate, IG Living Magazine

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Columns

Let's Talk: Chelsey Safken

Despite being ill since a child and diagnosed with multiple diseases, including common variable immune deficiency, Chelsey Safken feels incredibly blessed to have a loving husband, Joe, and three healthy children: Lilia, Trace and Alana... more

Product Guide

Itching forRelief

Skin conditions like rashes are certainly not unique to individuals with primary immunodeficiency diseases (PI). While troublesome complaints of eczema or psoriasis frequently occur in people with normal immune systems, skin diseases are often one of the earliest visible symptoms of PI. And, as many PI patients have learned, certain types of rashes and skin conditions are also a side effect of intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) treatments. “A rash is a very common side effect of IVIG, and some patients develop worse rashes than others,” says Abbie Cornett, IG Living’s patient advocate.... more

Ask the Experts

Reader: Is SCIG Approved by the FDA to Treat CIDP?

Leslie: SCIG is not yet FDA approved to treat CIDP, but some large-scale trials are underway. One trial of CSL Behring’s Hizentra has recently been completed, but study results aren’t posted yet. Based on those results, CSL Behring should soon be... more