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Cri Du Chat

Cri Du Chat. By M akya Smith. S ympotoms. feeding problems because of difficulty swallowing and sucking low birth weight and poor growth severe cognitive, speech, and motor delays behavioral problems such as hyperactivity, aggression, tantrums, and repetitive movements

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Cri Du Chat

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  1. Cri Du Chat By Makya Smith

  2. Sympotoms • feeding problems because of difficulty swallowing and sucking • low birth weight and poor growth • severe cognitive, speech, and motor delays • behavioral problems such as hyperactivity, aggression, tantrums, and repetitive movements • unusual facial features which may change over time • excessive drooling • Constipation • small head and jaw • wide eyes • skin tags in front of eyes

  3. What is Cri Du Chat? • Cri du chat is a disease caused by a missing part of chromosome 5

  4. What does Cri Du Chat look like?

  5. Treatments? • There is currently no specific treatment for Cri du chat, but the symptoms of Cri du chat can be either managed or treated

  6. Prognosis • may experience an inguinal hernia, separated abdominal muscles or, 'diastasis recti,' incompletely or abnormally folded ears, or an extra fold of skin over the inner corner of their eye, referred to as, 'epicanthal folds.' A skull X-ray can also show an abnormal angle at the base of the child's skull.

  7. Cites • 4+5) http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cri-du-chat.php • ]1+2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cri_du_chat • 3) http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/whataregd/cdc/\ • Photos off google

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