How many kinds of dwarfism?

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The appearance of dwarfism affects the health of patients. For got dwarfism what symptoms to understand, early treatment. But the patient should pay attention to some common sense and matters of life, dwarfism patients should also pay attention to understand some nursing methods, but the attention of dwarfism patients can not be ignored, the following is to introduce the classification of dwarfism.

How many kinds of dwarfism?

First, cartilage dystrophy; It is a chromosome dominant inheritance. It mainly affects the length of the bone due to the formation of chondrocytes in the epiphysis of the long diaphysis, which makes the bone thicker and does not grow. The limbs of the child are thick and short, but the trunk is principal. Therefore, the length of the upper body is larger than that of the lower body. The hand is not perpendicular to the hip joint, the fingers are thick and short, the fingers are flush, the bridge of the nose is low, the head circumference is large, the forehead is prominent, the abdomen is prominent, and the lumbar lordosis, Prominent kyphosis and normal intelligence. X-ray examination of the long bone showed that the long bone was short, the curvature increased and both ends expanded.

The second is congenital stupidity; Also known as Down's syndrome, is caused by autosomal abnormalities. Children often short, with special face and mental retardation, sick children with low bridge of nose, wide distance between eyes, two eyes slip outward, mouth half open, often outstretched mouth, palmprint often through, little finger short and inward bending, sometimes accompanied by congenital heart disease, chromosome analysis can determine the diagnosis.

Third, mucopolysaccharidosis; It is caused by the congenital disorder of mucopolysaccharide metabolism, which causes excessive mucopolysaccharide storage in various tissues and cells in the body. Normal at birth. From 6 months to 2 years old, the child began to have symptoms, such as short stature, progressive mental retardation, thick skin, dry hair, wide eye distance, sunken nose, large tongue, often accompanied by hearing impairment, hepatosplenomegaly, large and square head, thick and short fingers. X-ray examination showed hyperossification of the whole body, enlargement of sella turcica, premature closure of cranial suture, narrow proximal rib and wide distal rib, which were like streamers. The mucopolysaccharide in urine increased.

matters needing attention

All dwarfism patients need timely treatment, timely treatment of dwarfism can effectively ensure the treatment effect of the disease. Although the three treatment methods introduced in this paper can have a certain therapeutic effect on dwarfism, these drugs need to be used under the doctor's advice. Dwarfism patients must not use them by themselves. At the same time, they also need to ensure the reasonable diet and balanced nutrition of dwarfism patients.