How Many People Are affected by LD?
There are more than 50 disorders that fall under the umbrella of Lysosomal Disease. As a whole, Lysosomal Disease affects approximately one in every 5000 individuals worldwide. About every half hour, a child is born with a Lysosomal Disease. But the number of individuals whom each disorder affects is very low. Some of the extremely rare lysosomal disorders affect one in four million babies. Gaucher disease, Fabry disease, and Batten disease are the most common Lysosomal diseases. Fabry disease, for instance, affects approximately one in 40,000 male babies worldwide. Certain ethnic populations are at a greater risk of inheriting specific Lysosomal disorders.
