The more you understand about primary immunodeficiency (PI), the better you can live with the disease or support others in your life with PI. Learn more about PI, including the various diagnoses and treatment options.
Living with primary immunodeficiency (PI) can be challenging, but you’re not alone—many people with PI lead full and active lives. With the right support and resources, you can, too.
Be a hero for those with PI. Change lives by promoting primary immunodeficiency (PI) awareness and taking action in your community through advocacy, donating, volunteering, or fundraising.
Whether you’re a clinician, researcher, or an individual with primary immunodeficiency (PI), IDF has resources to help you advance the field. Get details on surveys, grants, and clinical trials.
As you get more involved with IDF and the primary immunodeficiency (PI) community, you may hear the expression, "THINK ZEBRA!" Or maybe you've seen a group of volunteers decked out in zebra-striped gear. If you’re curious about the meaning, we’ve got you covered.
A common phrase for up-and-coming doctors to learn in medical school is, “When you hear hoof beats, think of horses, not zebras.” This is generally good advice to focus on the most likely diagnoses, rather than the least likely. But sometimes a doctor needs to think of zebras—or rare diseases like PI. People with PI are the zebras of the medical world.
THINK ZEBRA! expresses how people with PI are just as strong, resilient, and awe-inspiring as zebras themselves. So join the movement, put on your favorite zebra attire, and start spreading the word about the amazing individuals in the PI community.
People with PI and their families and friends often wear zebra-striped clothes and accessories, which has become a popular way for all ages to identify with zebras. It’s also a great way for children with PI to describe their condition to others.
Hold onto your stripes, folks, because IDF brings the THINK ZEBRA! motto to life with the one and only TZ the IDF Zebra. And yes, TZ stands for THINK ZEBRA!
As the IDF mascot, TZ travels the country spreading awareness for PI, meeting other zebras, and making everyone from kids to grown-ups grin from ear to ear—reminding them that in this community, we're all #zebrastrong.
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