Mysterious untreatable fevers once devastated whole families. This doctor discovered what caused them – KVIA El Paso

It’s an ancient disease that may have evolved to confer protection against the plague—but until 20 years ago, it had scientists and doctors flummoxed.
They couldn’t explain why those afflicted, often in the same family, had recurring fevers, abdominal pain, troublesome rashes and muscle aches. Known as familial Mediterranean fever, the disease often went undiagnosed for years, and it was sometimesfatal.
Unusual in most parts of the world, it was more common in the countries that border the Eastern…

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