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Pedigree Rick got married to Sarah, Sarah has Marfan syndrome Rick did not have it. They had four kids John, Devon, Rogger and Sally. John has Marfan syndrome, Devon has Marfan syndrome, Rogger does not have Marfan syndrome and Sally does not. John married Maggie who has Marfan syndrome they had two twin girls Katie and Molly who both have it. Katie married Tim who does not have it and they had a Elizabeth who does not have it. Molly married Tom who does have it. They had Carlos who does have it as well. Devon married Eric who does not have Marfan syndrome and they had three kids Jacob, Sue and Lilly who all did not have it. Rogger married Kelly who has it. Sally married Matt who had Andrew and Faith. Andrew had Marfan syndrome and Faith did not. Conversation

Intro: Ted is a 8th grade boy who has Marfan Syndrome and would like to play football.

Ted: Hey Doc what’s wrong? Dr: Well nothing really Ted: Anything new come up? Dr: Yes one or two things. Ted: Well what’s the matter with me now? Dr: You can't play football. Ted: What why? Dr: You could get very hurt. Ted: I will be careful? Dr: I am sorry its to risky. Ted: Because my sturnum is inward instead of outward it could be harder to breath? Dr: you could also get crushed. Ted: how does this happen? Dr: It’s caused by defects in a gene called fibrillin1. This also causes too much growth of the long bones of the body and that’s why if you ever see someone with Marfan syndrome they have very long arms, legs and fingers. Ted: I hate this every boy plays football and i am going to be the outcast just because of this stupid thing? Dr: Well you only have it in your chest some people have it in more than one place few common ones would be the Aorta, eyes, skin and tissue covering the spine Ted: How do i get this get this? Dr: most of the time it’s inherited but up to 30percent of the cases have no family history like you. When this happens its called "sporadic". Some doctors believe it is from a spontaneous new gene defect. Ted: So i can't play football. Dr: No i am sorry but you could play flagfootball. Ted: Ok i will try it. Dr: Ok lets start with your exursises.



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