Monday, May 4, 2009

Genetic Disorders(Dwarfism 411)


There are many disease in the World,but Dwarfism is well known around the world.Commonly known as midgits or little people the people with this disorder can live long lives.They have a normal intelligence.This disease was discovered in 1967 by Pierre Maroteaux .In Addition, the symptoms is complications is when the cartilage has difficulty converting to a bone mostly in ling bones.There is also the symptom of an enlarged head.Dwarfism is not a disease therefore there is no cure.In a world population a person in the shortest 3% of a population may be diagnosed with dwarfism.Ferthermore,the hieght thatis considerd very short depends on the average for a given population,as difined by gender, race and ethnicity.In the Molecular level dwarfism is caused by problems with the growth hormones,especially growth hormones.What I thought about this disorder is that it is sad that they are so short because they can live normal lives but it will not seem normal.They may not be able to do some things that normal hieght people can do.

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