Welcome!

Thank you for visiting my FMDSA fundraising page.
Donating through this website is simple, fast and totally secure.
The FMDSA is a completely non-profit organization. Unlike a lot of large charities, any money you donate goes directly to helping raise awareness and fund the patient registry/research.

FMD is now believed to be far more common than was previously suspected and findings suggest there is a genetic connection. It may well exist in your family or others you care about and be undiagnosed!

Fibromuscular Dysplasia causes the cells that line the body's arteries to grow at an abnormally fast rate in areas, and cause blockages throughout the body. The type I have, and the most common, is Medial FMD - with this type the cells grow to form what looks like a string of beads. Untreated, FMD can lead to stroke, heart attack, aneurysms, hypertension, kidney disease, etc.. 

Awareness is critical at this point and you can help make a difference by helping the FMDSA to achieve this goal.  It's heartbreaking to hear of anyone, and especially a child having lost their life to this disease - and sadly it has been happening far too often. If not for the FMDSA's efforts to educate doctors, including coroners, we may not even know that FMD was the cause of death in many of these heartbreaking cases.

Many thanks for your support!

Rochelle