Yu de wɔri smɔl bɔt yu pikin in ayt? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dwarfism (Dwarfism / Skeletal Dysplasia) ɛn ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin shɔt

Yu pikin shɔt smɔl pas ɔda pikin dɛn? Ɔ yu tink se dɛn an ɛn fut dɛn shɔt we yu kɔmpia am to di ɔda pat dɛn na dɛn bɔdi? Sɔntɛnde, dɛn tin ya kin bi nɔmal tin. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin bi sayn fɔ se pɔsin gɛt sik. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt dis kayn sik, dwarfism , ɔ insay mɛrɛsin , skel dysplasia, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin shɔt. Nɔ wɔri, i rili impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dis.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na dwɔf?

Dwarfism, ɔ wetin wi kɔl Skeletal Dysplasia , nɔto rili wan sik. Na jεnarכl mεdikal tεm we inklud כndrεd kכndyushכn dεm we de afekt di divεlכpmεnt fכ di bon dεm εn di katilej. Dɛn tin ya kin rili mek pɔsin in ayt go dɔŋ, ɔ i kin shɔt. Bɔrku tɛm, pɔrsin wae gɛt dis sik nɔr kin lɔng pas 4 fit 10 inch (1.47 mita) we i dɔn big.

Sɔm pipul dɛn kin lɛk fɔ yuz di wɔd "smɔl pipul dɛm" fɔ tɔk bɔt pipul dɛm wae gɛt dis sik. Bɔt fɔ yuz wɔd dɛn lɛk "midgets" nɔ fayn atɔl, bikɔs i kin mek dɛn fil bad.

Difrɛn kayn dwɔf dɛn de. Dɛn tin ya kin afɛkt di we aw di bon dɛn kin gro na difrɛn pat dɛn na wi bɔdi, mɔ di an, di leg, di bɛlɛ, ɛn di ed.

Wetin na de kayn sik wae kin kam pan pɔrsin wae gɛt dis maynia sik?

Bɔku bɔku kayn dwɔf de we kin afɛkt di bon dɛn we de gro. Na sɔm pan dɛn:

• Achondroplastic dwarfism: Dis na di kayn dwarfism we kכmכn pas כl. Shot limb ɛn fɔrɛst we de sho klia wan na di men tin dɛn we de sho am.
• Hypochondroplasia dwarfism: Dis na sכm kayn dwarfism bak we sכt wit sכt limb dεm. Bɔt di sayn dɛn we i kin gɛt nɔ kin klia so we i smɔl.
• Pituitary dwarfism: Dis kin apin bikɔs di ɔmon we de mek pɔsin gro .
• Primordial dwarfism: Insay dis kayn, di bɔdi smɔl frɔm bifo dɛn bɔn am ɛn na ɔl di stej dɛm na layf.
• Thanatophoric dysplasia: Dis na wan kayn we we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm ɛn we kin rili bad . pan dis kכndishכn, di limb dεm kin rili sכt εn di chεst kin rili sכm. di pikin dεm we gεt dis kכndyushכn kin day insay fכ dez afta dεn bכn dεm frכm di prכblεm dεm we dεn gεt fכ blo.

Tink bɔt dis we: di bon dɛn we de na wi bɔdi tan lɛk di pila dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ bil os. If ɛni chenj de na di we aw dɛn pila dɛn ya de gro, i tan lɛk se di shep ɛn ayt fɔ di wan ol os chenj.

Wetin rili "Short Stature" min?

Di wɔd "shɔt ayt" de tɔk bɔt pɔsin we shɔt pas aw dɛn bin de tink we yu kɔmpia am wit ɔda pipul dɛn we gɛt di sem ej.pan yכŋ pikin dεm, dis kin min se dεn ayt de dכn di nכmal growth kכv, כ dεn de dכn di ayt we dεn bin de εkspεkt bay dεn mama εn papa in ayt.

difrεn tin dεm de sho aw pכsin ayt (כ in lεngth if i bכn pikin). Dɛn tin ya na tin dɛn lɛk aw di mama ɛn papa ay, dɛn wet, ɛn di ɔmon lɛvɛl. Shortness of stature kin bi bak bikɔs ɔf bɔku jɛnɛtik kɔndishɔn dɛn.

Udat dɛn kin afɛkt pas ɔl di ɔda wan dɛn we dɛn kɔl dwarfism?

Skeletal Dysplasia kin afɛkt ɛnibɔdi. Sɔm kayn am na tin dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt frɔm in jɛnɛtiks . Dat min se dɛn kin gɛt dɛn frɔm mama ɛn papa. כda kayn dεm de kכz bay random DNA chenj dεm. Bɔku tɛm, bɔt nɔto ɔltɛm, dɛn mama ɛn papa we gɛt nɔmal ayt kin bɔn pikin dɛn we gɛt dwɔf.

Aw dis sik kin kɔmɔn?

Skeletal Dysplasia na wan sik we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm. Di kayn we we kin bɔku pas ɔl, we na akɔndroplasia, kin ambɔg wan pan ɛvri 15,000 to 40,000 pipul dɛn.

Aw dwɔfism kin afɛkt yu bɔdi?

Skeletal Dysplasia kin afɛkt di we aw yu bon dɛn de gro . Di lɔng bon dɛm na yu an ɛn yu fut kin afɛkt mɔ. Bɔt ɔda bon dɛn, lɛk di wan dɛn we de na yu bɛlɛ ɛn ed, kin afɛkt bak. Di sayn dɛm fɔ dwɔf kin afɛkt ɔda pat dɛm na yu bɔdi. I kin mek bak yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm fɔ lɔng tɛm, lɛk we yu mɔsul dɛn nɔ de wok fayn ɔ yu kin gɛt infekshɔn ɔltɛm .

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ dwɔf?

Di men ɛn kɔmɔn sayn fɔ skel displasia na fɔ shɔt ayt. Pɔsin we gɛt dis sik kin lɔng pas 4 fit 10 inch (1.47 mita) we i dɔn big. Dis shɔt ayt kin notis mɔ pan big pipul ɛn big pipul dɛn pas we dɛn smɔl.

Bɔku pan di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin shɔt na di sem tin . Dat min se di wan ol bɔdi shɔt, nɔto jɔs wan pat. Bɔt pan sɔm kayn dwɔf, dis shɔt ayt nɔ kin fit . dat min se di trכnk na nכmal saiz bכt di an εn leg dεm sכt.

Ɔda sayn dɛm fɔ dwɔf kin bi:

• Leg dɛn we dɛn butu.
• Flat nasal brij (di bon pat we de na di tap pat pan di nos).
• Big big ed.
• Fɔrɛst we de sho klia wan.
• Short an ɛn leg dɛn.
• Shot finga ɛn fut finga dɛn.
• Waid an ɛn fut dɛn.

Sɔntɛnde, we yu bon nɔ de gro fayn, dat kin mek yu gɛt ɔda wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm dɛn apat frɔm dɛn sayn ya. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• di akyumyuleshכn fכ wata rawnd di bren (Hydrocephalus).
• Di nerv dɛn we dɛn dɔn kɔmprɛs.
• Skɔliosis we de mek pɔsin gɛt sik.
• Infɛkshɔn na yu yes ɔ yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu yɛri.
• Pen na di ni ɛn anklɛ.
• Slip apnɛa fɔ slip.

Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dwɔf?

Skeletal Dysplasia kin gɛt sɔm kɔz dɛm. Bɔku tɛm, na we pɔsin in DNA chenj (genetic mutation) . Bɔt dɛn stil nɔ no di rayt tin we kin mek sɔm kayn tin dɛn kin apin.

Bɔku men rizin dɛn de:

• Famili istri: If mama ɛn papa ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn na di famili shɔt, i kin kɔmɔn fɔ mek di pikin shɔt bak.
• Jεnεtik mכtεshכn: Na di chenj dεm we de apin na pכsin in DNA.
• di hכmon we de gro: di bren nכ de prodyuz inof כmon we i nid fכ mek di bon dεm gro.
• Let bloomer / constitutional delay: Sɔm pikin dɛn kin gro leta pas dɛn kɔmpin dɛn. Sɔntɛnde, ɔda pipul dɛn bak na di famili kin gɛt dis kayn we aw dɛn kin gro.
• Malnutrishɔn: If yu nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ tin fɔ it, dat kin afɛkt di we aw pikin de gro.
• sכm fכ di jεstεshכn εj: כl di pikin dεm we sכm we dεn bכn go rich nכmal growth insay tu to tri ia, bכt lεk 10% nכ de.

Yu tink se dwɔfism na jɛnɛtiks?

Yes, sɔm kayn dwarfism (we kin kam wit Skeletal Dysplasia) na jɛnɛtik. Dat min se na di chenj we de apin na di DNA de mek dɛn. Bɔku tɛm, dis jɛnɛtik mutation na sɔntin we kin apin wantɛm wantɛm, nɔto sɔntin we dɛn kin gɛt frɔm mama ɛn papa we shɔt. Dat min se, bɔku pikin dɛn we gɛt dwarfism gɛt mama ɛn papa we gɛt nɔmal ayt.

Bɔt if wan pan dɛn mama ɛn papa ɔ dɛn ɔl tu gɛt dwɔf, i go mɔs bi se di pikin gɛt di sik. I dipen pan di kayn dwɔfism. fכ egzampl, if mama כ papa gεt achondroplasia, di pikin gεt 50% chans fכ gεt di kכndyushכn. If di mama ɛn papa ɔl tu gɛt akɔndroplasia, di pikin gɛt 25% chans fɔ gɛt wan siriɔs dwɔfism we dɛn kɔl homozygous achondroplasia (we di pikin bɔn day ɔ day jɔs afta dɛn bɔn am) ɛn 50% chans fɔ gɛt nɔmal achondroplasia.

If yu plan fɔ gɛt bɛlɛ ɛn yu want fɔ no di risk we yu pikin gɛt fɔ gɛt wan sik we i gɛt frɔm in mama ɛn papa, lɛk achondroplasia ɔ ɔda kayn dwɔfism, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt aw fɔ tɛst in jɛnɛtiks .

Aw fɔ no di dwɔfism?

Sɔntɛnde, dɔktɔ dɛn kin no se skel displasia bifo dɛn bɔn pikin. We di pikin gɛt bɛlɛ, di dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz tɛst fɔ chɛk di pikin bifo i bɔn fɔ no ɛnitin we nɔ fayn na di pikin in divɛlɔpmɛnt.

Afta di pikin bɔn, di dɔktɔ go wach aw di pikin de gro we i de go to wɛlbɔdi biznɛs ɛvri ia. If dεn nכ no dwarfism we dεn bכn am, if di pikin mis growth maylston dεm , i kin bi sayn fכ di kכndyushכn εn dεn kin no am leta. Ɔda tɛst dɛn lɛk ɛkstrem rayt ɛn blɔd tɛst kin ɛp di dɔktɔ fɔ no wetin mek di pikin nɔ de gro di we aw i fɔ gro. Dis na aw dɛn kin du di diagnosis.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ dwarfism?

Bikɔs nɔr patikyula mɛrɛsin nɔr de fɔ skel displasia, di tritmɛnt de fɔ kɔntrol di sayn dɛm, we difrɛn fɔ ɛnibɔdi ɛn fɔ no di sik.

Di tritmɛnt dɛn we dɛn kin du ɔpreshɔn fɔ kɔntrol di sik kin bi:

• Ɔpreshɔn fɔ kɔrɛkt di shep fɔ di bon ɔ bon dɛn we de gro na say we nɔ fayn.
• Fɔ pul di wata we pasmak we dɔn gɛda rawnd di bren (ɔpareshɔn fɔ haydrosɛfalɔs).
• כpεrayshכn fכ rεliv prεshכn pan di bren stεm (di pat pan di bren we de kכnekt to di spεnal kכd).
• כpεrayshכn fכ pul di tכnsil dεm εn/כ di adenoyd dεm fכ mek i izi fכ brith.
• Fɔ put tiub dɛn insay di yes fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt infɛkshɔn na di yes.

Ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn we nɔ gɛt ɔpreshɔn na:

• Yuz CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) mashin fɔ trit slip apnɛa .
• Yuz tin dɛn fɔ ɛp fɔ yɛri fɔ mek yu yɛri fayn.
• Ɛnkɔrej yu fɔ it fayn ɛn ɛksesaiz fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku bɔku bɔdi ɔ yu nɔ fat (BMI we na 30 ɔ mɔ).
• Gi gכt כmon (hכmon tεrapi) as tritmεnt fכ gכt hכmon dεm.
• Insay 2021, di US Food and Drug Administration bin gri fɔ yuz di drɔg Vosoritide (Voxzogo®) fɔ pikin dɛn we dɔn pas 5 ia we gɛt achondroplasia we dɛn bon growth plet dɛn nɔ dɔn lɔk yet (i.e., dɛn growth nɔ dɔn yet). Insay wan klinik trial, di mɛrɛsin we dɛn kɔl Vosoritide bin ɛp pikin dɛn fɔ gro kwik kwik wan.

Mɛmba se, dɛn kin nid fɔ tek dɛn tritmɛnt ya fɔ ɔl in layf, bɔt dɛn kin mek pɔsin in layf bɛtɛ bad bad wan.

Aw a go ridyus di risk fɔ mek mi pikin gɛt dwɔf?

Bikɔs sɔm kayn skel displasia na dɛn jɛnɛtiks, no we nɔ de fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt dis sik pas dɔktɔ du tɛst, lɛk fɔ tɛst jenɛtik bifo dɛn put am na di bɔdi . I bεst fɔ go to yu dɔktɔ bɔt jεnεtik tεst fɔ no εksεktεly wetin yu pikin in risk fכ jεnεtik kכndyushכn lεk dwarfism.

Nutrishɔn fɔ mek pikin divɛlɔpWetin yu de tɔk rili impɔtant. If yu gɛt bɛlɛ, mek shɔ se yu it tin dɛn we go mek yu gɛt bɛlɛ. Ivin afta we di pikin dɔn bɔn, yu nid fɔ gi am difrɛn it dɛn we go ɛp am fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi we fit in ej, lɛk prɔtin, frut, gren, ɛn vɛjitebul. Da we de, i go gɛt ɔl di tin dɛn we i nid fɔ mek i gro.

Wetin yu go ɛkspɛkt if yu gɛt pikin we gɛt dwɔf?

Pan ɔl we nɔr patikyula mɛrɛsin nɔr de fɔ skel displasia, bɔrku pipul dɛm wae gɛt shɔt ayt kin liv nɔrmal layf ɛn gɛt gud wɛl bɔdi wit tritmɛnt fɔ kɔntrol dɛn sik. Bɔt sɔm pan di sayn dɛm fɔ dis sik kin tranga fɔ di pikin ɛn in famili, mɔ if di bon we nɔ de gro fayn nid fɔ gɛt bɔku ɔpreshɔn. Yu dɔktɔ go wok tranga wan wit yu ɛn yu pikin fɔ gi yu pikin di tritmɛnt we i nid fɔ liv ful ɛn wɛlbɔdi layf.

Wetin na di layf we pɔsin we gɛt dwarfism kin liv?

Insay bɔku kayn dwɔf, dɛn kin ɛkspɛkt fɔ gɛt nɔmal layfspan wit tritmɛnt fɔ kɔntrol di simptom dɛm. Bɔt i sɔri fɔ no se, pan sɔm kayn dɛn, dɛn kin shɔt fɔ liv lɔng.

Aw a kin kia fɔ mi pikin we gɛt skel displasia?

Apat frɔm we yu de mit yu pikin in mɛrɛsin nid, yu kin sɔpɔt yu pikin bay we yu de du dɛn tin ya, mek ples na os we go wɛlkɔm yu ɛn we go mek dɛn tek pat pan ɔltin:

• Fɔ pul di tin dɛn we de ambɔg di pikin na os so dat di pikin go wok fɔ insɛf (fɔ ɛgzampul, fɔ gɛt stɔl, fɔ put di layt switch dɔŋ).
• Fɔ gi ɛdyukeshɔn ɛn/ɔ saykilɔjik sɔpɔt fɔ mek dɛn nɔ ɔ bia wit di buli we ɔda pikin dɛn de buli na skul.
• Dɔn bak, fɔ kɔnɛkt wit ɔganayzeshɔn dɛn we de ɛp pikin dɛn wit diagnosis.

As mama ɛn papa, wi fɔ trit wi pikin dɛn akɔdin to dɛn ej, nɔto dɛn ayt. Dis rili impɔtant.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn yu fɔ aks di dɔktɔ?

If yu pikin gɛt dis sik, yu kin aks di dɔktɔ kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk:

• Yu tink se i nid fɔ du ɔpreshɔn fɔ trit mi pikin in sik dɛn?
• Aw a go ɛp mi pikin fɔ mek i nɔ gɛt infɛkshɔn na in yes?
• Ɛni bad tin de we kin apin to di tritmɛnt dɛn we yu kin advays?
• Aw lɔng mi pikin nid fɔ tek di ɔmon dɛn we de mek i gro?

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba

Ivin if dɛn no se yu pikin gɛt Skeletal Dysplasia ɛn nid fɔ gɛt ɔpreshɔn ɔr gɛt tritmɛnt fɔ lɔng tɛm fɔ mek i ebul fɔ kɔntrol in sik, i nɔ min se i nɔ go ebul fɔ liv ful, mininful layf. As mama ɔ papa ɔ pɔsin we de kia fɔ yu pikin, yu fɔ trit yu pikin akɔdin to in ej, nɔto in ayt. Dis go ɛp yu pikin fɔ gɛt rɛspɛkt fɔ insɛf ɛn fil se dɛn gri wit am ɛn lɛk am.

If yu na big pɔsin wae gɛt dis maynia sik, wae yu gɛt gud sɔpɔt grup, wae yu de kɔntrol yu sik, ɛn liv fayn layf kin ɛp yu fɔ liv ful ɛn aktif layf.

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