Achondroplasia_mattmiddle

= = =[]= = = =[]= = = =[]= = = =[]+= = = = __**ACHONDROPLASIA**__ = = = =Achondroplasia is a disease that gives you dwarfism. Achondroplasia, also called achondroplastic dwarfism, is a genetic condition that causes people to be oddly short. On average, adult males with achondroplasia are about four feet, four inches tall, and adult females are about four feet one inch tall. People with the disorder typically have average sized heads/skulls but have very short arms and legs. Its inheritance is an autosmal dominant pattern. The symptoms of having this disease include abnormal hand appearance with a large space between the middle and ring fingers, bowed legs, small muscle toning, weirdly large head to body size difference, large forehead, short arms, short legs, small thighs, short height, spinal stenosis, and spine curvatures. There are no treatments or cure to dwarfism. If you were a dwarf and wanted to be taller you could take steroids but that would only increase your height. Your body issues would be the same. A cool fact is that most people with achondroplasia are double joints because of their loose ligaments. = = =

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