The Canadian Fabry Association (CFA) was incorporated as a non-profit organization to raise awareness and educate the public about Fabry disease, a very rare life threatening genetic, lysosomal storage disorder. Patients are missing a key enzyme, which causes extreme pain, inability to sweat, gastrointestinal problems and eventually kidney failure, heart attacks and strokes. The average life span of a male patient without treatment is 40-50 years of age.
