Even though these characteristics were sometimes seen running in families, chromosomes appeared grossly normal. Dr John Opitz, a former student of Dr. Noonan, first began to call the condition "Noonan Syndrome" when he saw children who looked like those whom Dr. Noonan had described. Dr. Noonan later produced a paper entitled "Hypertelorism with Turner Phenotype", and in 1971 at the Symposium of Cardiovascular defects, the name 'Noonan Syndrome' became officially recognized. Noonan Syndrome Is a very common disease that has been tested a found out that 1 in 1,000 to 2,500 people have this disease.” Symptoms - * Delayed puberty * Down-slanting or wide-set eyes * Hearing loss (varies) * Low-set or abnormally shaped ears * Mild mental retardation (only in about 25% of cases) * Sagging eyelids (ptosis) * Short stature * Small penis * Undescended testicles * Unusual chest shape (usually a sunken chest called pectus excavatum) * Webbed and short-appearing neck Treatment - There is no specific treatment. Your doctor will suggest treatment to relieve or manage symptoms.
Physical symptom of the disease includes lack of coordination, uncontrolled movements and problems with eating and swallowing. This will cause for a need of a nurse or all day care of the person because they will not be able to perform task on their own. Behavioral problems are said to come from damage to the brain as the disease progress frustration and depression has a serious affect on the person. Everyone does not go through the same sypmptom people are affected differently. The disease can consist of : clumsiness, uncontrolled continual muscular contractions, loss of balance, slurred speech, walking difficulty and stumbling, and falling.
Shouldn’t that cause us to question the sheer number of children we have sedated in this country? We depend on medication as a country and are teaching our children to do so also. Many countries would see this as a problem. Nearly half a million prescriptions for medications like Ritalin written in 1995 were written for children between the ages of 3 and 6 (Gibbs 1998). Also the percentage of children with an ADHD diagnosis that are being placed on medication jumped from 55% in 1989 to 75% in 1996 (Gibbs 1998).
Tourette syndrome is a common neurological movement disorder onset that affects children in the childhood between the ages of five and ten average (7) years old. Tourette syndrome is diagnosed after a doctor verifies that a patient had motor and vocal tics for at least a year. “Evidence from twin and family studies suggests that Tourette syndrome is an inherited disorder. “ Tourette syndrome is characterized by several indicators including muscular tics, vocal or phonic tics, disinhibit thoughts, emotional differences including difficulties in emotional regulation, obsessive compulsions and rituals. The characteristics and frequency of the indicators can change throughout a “Touretter’s” life time.
Angelman syndrome is a complex genetic disorder that primarily affects the nervous system. This genetic disorder causes developmental disabilities and neurological problems, such as difficulty speaking, balancing and walking, and, in some cases, seizures. Frequent smiles and outbursts of laughter are common for people with Angelman syndrome, and many have happy, excitable personalities. Angelman syndrome has many distinct symptoms. Signs and symptoms of Angelman syndrome include developmental delays, such as lack of crawling or babbling at 6 to 12 months, lack of minimal speech, inability to walk, move or balance well, trembling movement of arms and legs, frequent smiling and laughter, and happy, excitable personality.
Common sites of RMS include head and neck region accounting 35-40% of cases that invade of near structure that grown rapidly, and it is more common in teen . Urinary and reproductive organs or any of the female organs rarely occur in vaginal female during infancy (3-MFBorg2010). There are 2 main types of RMS, along with some less common types. Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) usually affects children in their first 5 years of life, but it is the most common type of RMS at all ages. The cells of ERMS look like the developing muscle cells of a 7-week-old embryo.
Running Head: Asperger Syndrome and Life-Span Development Asperger Syndrome and Life-Span Development: The Connection Between Child and Mind Ashley Hambright PSYCH 500 January 18, 2010 Dr. Dewhurst Asperger Syndrome and Life-Span Development: The Connection Between Child and Mind Asperger’s Syndrome is an issue close to my heart, yet one in which I have little knowledge. My eight year-old nephew has the developmental disorder and its process and treatment intrigue me for his benefit. Being an educator, I see many students with developmental disorders fall through the cracks, even with provided services. My nephew is continually misunderstood, placed on the “back burner”, brushed aside, and labeled in his school environment. Many of his teachers complain about his
There was an inability to deal with many different stimuli at once. They had a low tolerance for frustration and had difficulty structuring information. They were easily overwhelmed by new information (Rist, 1990). The same symptoms were repeatedly seen by the researchers who have followed crack-exposed infants from birth. The New York Times recently reported: The most severely affected children suffer from seizures, cerebral palsy, or mental retardation.
Imagine your very own child, only six years old, crying out for your help as he suffers through the most intense pain throughout his whole body. His lungs are severely damaged and diseased, his pancreas has shut down, and he cannot digest food. You thought he was perfectly healthy, until you found out that he was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the worlds leading causes of death in children. About 1,000 new cases of cystic fibrosis are diagnosed each year, with more than 70% of the patients diagnosed by age two (AboutCF).
Severe autism can cause children to function at very low levels, including no speech, unable to toilet train , and have violent outbursts. A unique feature in autism includes the person feelings more than they can say for themselves Autistics do not know how to process and use language in a normal way.About half of all children with savant