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Progeria syndrome

Progeria syndrome

Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome is a genetic condition characterized by the dramatic, rapid appearance of aging beginning in childhood. Affected children typically look normal at birth and in early infancy, but then grow more slowly than other children and do not gain weight at the expected rate (failure to thrive). They develop a characteristic facial appearance including prominent eyes, a thin nose with a beaked tip, thin lips, a small chin, and protruding ears. Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndromealso causes hair loss (alopecia), agedlooking skin, joint abnormalities, and a loss of fat under the skin (subcutaneous fat). This condition does not affect intellectual development or the development of motor skills such as sitting, standing, and walking. Mutations in the LMNA gene cause Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome. The LMNA gene provides instructions for making a protein called lamin A. This protein plays an important role in determining the shape of the nucleus within cells. It is an essential scaffolding (supporting) component of the nuclear envelope, which is the membrane that surrounds the nucleus. Mutations that cause Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome result in the production of an abnormal version of the lamin A protein. The altered protein makes the nuclear envelope unstable and progressively damages the nucleus, making cells more likely to die prematurely. Researchers are working to determine how these changes lead to the characteristic features of Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome. 📷: @medicogram #hgps #syndrome #disease #clinicals #surgery #health #medicogram

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almost 4 years ago

Because with progeria your more likely too be hydrocephalic and if progeria happens later on in life it becomes endocephalic

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almost 4 years ago

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almost 4 years ago

Test for Lyme disease too test for progeria meds that may slow process is loprimoride and lambotrogine some may need meds regimen too slow their body process called older age genetics and the genes in their makeup of genetics that didn't mutate because they stayed dormant and single cell

almost 4 years ago

So helpful can you please post some more syndrome and disease with picture with explanation .... 😊

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