Wilson`s+disease-DavidB

Wilson's Disease
**Description: ** Wilson's disease is a disease that is genetic. Wilson's disease does not let the body get the right amount of copper. Every person needs a little bit of copper to stay healthy, in fact if the person has to much copper it would be poisonous. In Wilson's disease copper builds up on the eyes, brain, and other organs. if Wilson's disease is not treated it could make damage in the organs.

**Inheritance: ** Wilson's disease is caused by a build up of copper in the body. People with Wilson's disease can not release the copper as normal people would do it. They can not release the copper because of a mutation in a gene named ATP7B. The extra copper is pass to the bloodstream and it travel for all the body include the brain.

**Symptoms: ** 1. Swelling of liver or spleen. 2. Jaundice or yelling of the skin. 3. White of the eyes. 4. Fluid buildup in the legs or abdomen. 5. A tendency to bruise easily. 6. Fatigue

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**Diagnosis: ** Wilson's disease can be diagnosed by simple tests. There are simple tests like eye tests, physical examination, lab tests, or there are other tests like abdomen x-ray tests and 24-hour urine test. The test also, can find people with symptoms and without symptoms.

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Treatment: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This disease is very easy to treat. With the proper therapy the symptoms can improve. The treatment is used to remove the accumulation of copper and is also used to prevent it of accumulating again. If a person does the treatment as require, the person would be able to live a normal life

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Research: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">National Institute Of Neurogical Disorders And Stoke supports research to find ways to treat and prevent disorders in which Wilson`s disease is included.

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Additional Facts: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The symptoms usually appear between 6 and 24 years old. Wilson`s disease occurs in 1 to 4 per 100,000 people. This disease was discover in the year 1911 by a doctor named <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Dr. Wilson, a doctor at the National Neurology Hospital in London.

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**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Resources: ** [|National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse]