Symptoms and Treatments of Achondroplasia

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Symptoms and Treatments of Achondroplasi Disease:
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Symptoms and Treatment of Achondroplasia Disease
Achondroplasia can be defined as a bone growth disorder that results in disproportionate
dwarfism. Achondroplasia is the most usual type of unbalanced dwarfism. Dwarfism is a
condition in adults of short stature. People who are suffering from achondroplasia are usually
short in stature and characterized with significantly short limbs and a chest which is normal size.
According to Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), the disorder is common in both
females and males and it occurs in approximately 1 in 25,000 of the live births.
Age of honest
There is no age of honest in relation to achondroplasia as it begins before birth, it affects
children born to both young couples and older couples with an advanced age of 35 years in
women and over 50 years in men. It is associated with sperm mutation.
Symptoms of Achondroplasia
People with achondroplasia usually have normal levels of intelligence. Achondroplasia
symptoms are physical and not mental. The following are the symptoms of achondroplasia
disease:

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➢ Short legs and arms, mostly the upper arms and thighs in relation to the body height
➢ Short fingers whereby the middle and ring fingers may point away from each other
➢ An unreasonably large head compared to the body size
➢ Not well-developed area of the face between the upper jaw and forehead
➢ An abnormal large prominent forehead
➢ Legs which are bowed
➢ Spinal stenosis
➢ Decreased muscle tone
➢ A short stature which is significantly below the average height of a person of the same
sex and age
➢ Recurrent ear infections in both children and adults due to narrow passages in the ears
➢ Abnormal spine curvature called kyphosis (lordosis)
➢ Hydrocephalus (water on the brain)
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Adult males who are under 1.5m tall and females under 1.4m of height are considered as
being short in stature, while children fall below the third percentile of height for their sex and age
group are considered s...


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