Achondroplasia_MKeller

**__Achondroplasia__ By: Maddie Keller**
==Achondroplasia is a disease that causes dwarfism. The word achondroplasia means "without cartilage formation". Achonroplasia is inherited from an autosomal dominant pattern. The symptoms are having a short stature, short upper arms and thighs, a large head with a prominent forehead, having small fingers, a measly voice, Abnormal hand appearance with a large space between the long and ring fingers, decreased muscle tone, spinal stenosis, and spine curvatures called kyphosis and lordosis.== ==There is no specific treatment for achondroplasia, there are multiple different disorders that are all treated differently. Also, other complications you may get from achondroplasia are having clubbed feet and fluid buildup in the brain (hydrocephalus). If you have a baby and you look at the long bone X-rays you can find out if your child has chances of getting achondroplasia. Achondroplasia is fetal, meaning if you have two dominant genes you will not live. Also, if one parent has achondroplasia, the infant has 50% chance to get it. If both parents have it, the child's chance increases to 75% chance of getting it. Although most cases are spontaneous mutations, which means neither parents have the disorder but the child gets it. Also animals can get achondroplasia too.==

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