Progeria-Justin+P

Progeria **Description: ** Progeria is a disease that produces rapid ageing, beginning in the early years of childhood. Progeria is a rare condition that makes children age much faster Ex. ( a child whose age is seven years will have a body as if the child was seventy. Another noticeable affect is that the child’s body will only grow a little bit from the time they are born.

**Inheritance: ** This disorder is not inherited. The reason for this disorder is that the LMNA gene has a mutation that almost always occurs in people with no family history of Progeria. But, the father or mother may be the reason for the sporadic mutation because it could be either a damage sperm or egg. They are advised to not have another child because the parents might have been the reason for the mutation. **Symptoms: ** The symptoms for Progeria are very serious. There are many physical symptoms to this disorder but still there are inner health disorders that come from Progeria like: **Daily Life: ** Life with the disorder is very tough for the people who carry the disorder. Many times a week they have to go to a hospital to help the child’s lifespan expand. Many times they will die in their teens. There have been some cases that the patient with the disorder will live into their 20’s. It is hard to imagine the pain that the patients endure from all the complications that come from this disorder. **Diagnosis: ** There is now a test that has currently been available to diagnosis Progeria by using a genetic test. It used to be diagnosed solely based off of physical features. Now doctors can diagnosis the child even before the child’s first or second year of life before the physical features appear. The test also reassures parents of the affected children that their disorder stems from aspartic genetic mutations and that therefore it is unlikely that any future offspring would have the condition. **Treatment: ** Right now there is no current treatment for Progeria. Although Progeria symptoms are treated for the complications that come from the individual’s disorder. There is no method to get rid of this genetic disorder. **Research: ** Currently there is no known prevention for Progeria. The only thing you can do is have treatment which might increase the patents lifespan. **Additional Facts ** In 31 countries, there are only 78 known children with the disorder. <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Progeria Research foundation has raised $9,738,084. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Resources: **

**www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">ghr.nlm.nih.gov <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[|http://www.genome.gov] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">www.buzzle.com <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">www.wellness.com <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">www.progeriaresearch.org