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Marfan Syndrome

Marfan Syndrome. Jenna B lythe. Tall and slender built Disproportionately long arms, legs, toes, and fingers A breast bone that protrudes outward or dips inward A high arched palate Crowded teeth Heart mummers Extreme near sightedness A curved spine And flat feet . The Symptoms.

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Marfan Syndrome

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  1. Marfan Syndrome Jenna Blythe

  2. Tall and slender built • Disproportionately long arms, legs, toes, and fingers • A breast bone that protrudes outward or dips inward • A high arched palate • Crowded teeth • Heart mummers • Extreme near sightedness • A curved spine • And flat feet The Symptoms

  3. One in every 5,000 people are diagnosed with Marfan Syndrome, worldwide • So 200,000 men, women, and children in every race or ethnic group in the U.S. have been diagnosed with Marfan Syndrome. • People have a 50% chance of passing it down to their children if they have marfan syndrome Prevalence

  4. Marfan Syndrome is caused by a defect in the gene that determines the structure of the fibrilin. • Fibrilin is a protein that is important to a part of the connective tissue. • Its transmitted by you heritage, your born with it. • One of your parents has the syndrome in their gene, so it will get passed down to the baby. Causes/Transmitted

  5. There is no cure to Marfan Syndrome • For Aortic dilation you can take medicine • You could have surgery for aortic dilation • Then if you a curved spine, they can give you a brace • Then for you eyes, you could get glasses. But if worse, you could get surgery on your eyes • The doctors would give you pain medicine if you suffer from dural ectasia • Then Marfan syndrome can cause a collapsed lung, which will need surgery Treatments

  6. Abraham Lincoln suffered from Marfan Syndrome • People get Marfan Syndrome from one of their parents • February is the Marfan Syndrome awareness month • You should not smoke or use tobacco products if you have the Marfan syndrome • Even thought your born with the syndrome, you cant tell you have it until you get older Interesting Facts

  7. Marfan Syndromehttp://www.medicinenet.com/marfan_syndrome/article.htm • Marfan Syndrome: Clinic Overviewhttp://stanfordhospital.org/clinicsmedServices/COE/heart/DiseasesConditions/marfan/?gclid=CNTElL-EpLQCFY-d4AodOjkAlQ • 10 Interesting Factshttps://sites.google.com/site/marfansyndrome302/home/10-interesting-facts Sources

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