Dwarfism

Dwarfism

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Dwarfism is a disorder that lowers the hormonal growth rate of certine parts of the body determining on the type of dwarfism obtained people are considered to have dwarfism when there adult size is 4 feet 10 inches or under.

there are over 200 possible causes of dwarfism.

the major cause is a disorder known as Achondroplasia. Achondroplasia causes about 70 percent of all reported dwarfism cases and comes in 3 diffrent forms the three forms are normaly named 1A 1B 2 all three give diffrent traits of dwarfism, but they all relatively share the same short legs and arms trait.

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the forms 1A and 1B are technicaly the same giveing the same locus (5q32-q33.1) and haveing the same genetic inheritance pattern, autosomal recessive. form 2 shows the most diffrence and has a diffrent locus point (12q13.11-q13.2 )and inheritance pattern, autosomal dominant

There is no "treatment" for dwarfism. most people think dwarfism isnt a desease that requires a treatment because people with dwarfism can lead perfectly normal lives. there however are treatments for some effects dwarfism can cause, like underdeveloped lungs makeing it harder for them to breath.

about 1 in every 50,000 people born will have dwarfism. parents who both donot show the traits of dwarfism can still carry and represent the gene in an offspring on a very rare case. []

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