Marfan Essay

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Marfan syndrome Marfan syndrome was first discovered in 1896 by a French doctor name Antoine Marfan. He first discovered it on a five year old girl, and the syndrome was name after him. Marfan syndrome is an inherited disorder that affects connective tissues, and the fibers that support and anchor your organs and other structures in your body. Marfan syndrome most commonly affects the heart, eye, blood vessels, and skeleton. People with Marfan syndrome are usually tall and thin with disproportionately long arms, legs, fingers, and toes. The damaged caused by Marfan syndrome can be mild serve. If your heart or blood vessel is affected, the condition can become life threatening. If you are diagnosed with Marfan syndrome you’ll need to have regular echocardiograms to monitor the size and condition of your aorta. Eye tests to check for lens dislocation, cataracts or a detached retina. There is a genetic test to see if you have it and who has it in your family. A person receives Marfan syndrome affects 1 in every 5,000 people all over the world. It’s a genetic disease, which means it is caused by a problem with a kid’s genes that happen before birth. The syndrome is passed from parents to children. Marfan syndrome is a mutation in FBN1 gene located on chromosome 15q21.1. Marfan syndrome is heredity cause if you’re one of your parents has it you can get it. Some sign and symptoms starting with the skeleton are arms, legs, toes, fingers that are longer than normal. If your face is long and narrowed and if your teeth are crowded cause you have an arch on the top roof. Next is eye if you are nearsighted, if you had Glaucoma (high pressure within the eye) at a young age, a detached retina in the eye. In the skin if you have stretch marks on your skin. A hernia which is a part of an internal organ that pushes through an opening in the organ’s wall. Some treatments you

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