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Achondroplasia Learning Center
Symptoms could include:
- Short Stature
- Kyphosis
- Lordosis
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Deformity of Spine
- Short Extremities
- Growth retardation
- Unsteady Gait
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Bow Legged
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Short Leg
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Short Finger
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Uneven Limb Lengths
- Frontal Bossing
- Poor Muscle Tone
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Congenital Musculoskeletal Anomalies
- Congenital Limb Abn...
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Proportionate Short Arms
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Abnormal hand appearance with persistent space between the long and ring fingers; Bowed legs; Decreased muscle tone; Disproportionately large head-to-body size difference; Prominent forehead (frontal bossing) Shortened arms and legs (especially th...
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Individuals with achondroplasia have disproportionate short stature, large heads with characteristic facial features, and rhizomelic shortening of their limbs. Rhizomelic means "root limb." Rhizomelic shortening of the limbs means that those segme...
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Individuals with achondroplasia have disproportionate short stature, large heads with characteristic facial features, and rhizomelic shortening of their limbs. Rhizomelic means "root limb." Rhizomelic shortening of the limbs means that those segme...
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Achondroplasia is caused by a genetic defect. It is a dominant trait, meaning that anybody with the genetic defect will display all the symptoms of the disorder. A parent with the disorder has a 50% chance of passing it on to the offspring. Althou...
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Kyphosis is a curving of the spine that causes a bowing of the back, which leads to a hunchback or slouching posture.
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Kyphosis is the extreme curvature of the upper back also known as a hunchback. This patient's spine shows excessive backward curvature at the level of the upper chest. ( Custom Medical Stock Photo . Reproduced by permission.)
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Lordosis is an increased curving of the spine.
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The spine is a shaft comprised of over 25 small bones called vertebrae that support the upper body. The cervical spine (C-spine) is the upper portion, comprised of 7 vertebrae.
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Short stature refers to any person who is significantly below the average height for a person of the same age and sex. The term often refers to children or adolescents who are significantly below the average height of their peers.
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Delayed growth is poor or abnormally slow height or weight gains in a child younger than age 5. See also: Short stature
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Unsteady gait is a symptom of instability while walking. Problems with walking can be due to disease or injury to the legs, feet, spine, or brain.
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Gait and balance problems exist when a disease process, trauma, or aging result in the inability to control one's center of gravity (COG) over the base of support (BOS) in static or dynamic tasks and environments.
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Gait or walking is a coordinated action of the neuromuscular and musculoskeletal systems. The coordination of muscle contraction , joint movement, and sensory perception allows the human body to move in the environment. Individuals with neuromuscu...
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Gait training refers to helping a patient relearn to walk safely and efficiently. Gait training is usually done by rehabilitation specialists who evaluate the abnormalities in the person's gait and employ such treatments as strengthening and balan...
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Frontal bossing is an unusually prominent forehead, sometimes associated with a heavier than normal brow ridge.
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Acromegaly is a rare condition caused by abnormally high amounts of human growth hormone (HGH). An organ in the brain known as the pituitary gland, normally secretes this growth hormone. Normal amounts of HGH are needed for normal growth and physi...
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Acromegaly is a rare condition caused by abnormally high amounts of human growth hormone (HGH). An organ in the brain known as the pituitary gland, normally secretes this growth hormone. Normal amounts of HGH are needed for normal growth and physi...
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Hypotonia is decreased muscle tone.
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Hypotonia means "low tone," and refers to a physiological state in which a muscle has decreased tone, or tension. A muscle's tone is a measure of its ability to resist passive elongation or stretching.
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Hypotonia, or severely decreased muscle tone, is seen primarily in children. Low-toned muscles contract very slowly in response to a stimulus and cannot maintain a contraction for as long as a normal muscle. Hypotonia is a symptom that can be caus...
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Skeletal limb abnormalities refer to a variety of bone structure problems in the arms or legs (limbs.
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