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Mutations in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR 3) gene (above) have been linked to achondroplasia, or dwarfism. Sperm analysis shows that mutations associated with dwarfism gradually increased by about two per cent for every year of age.

Persons with achondroplasia have a 50 percent chance to pass the gene to a child, resulting in the condition. If both parents have achondroplasia, with each pregnancy, there is a 50 percent chance to have a child with achondroplasia, a 25 percent chance that the child will not inherit the gene and be of average height, and a 25 percent chance that the child will inherit one abnormal gene from each parent, which can lead to severe skeletal problems that often result in early death.

personal infermation of a "little person"

Despite common assumptions, the life of a person with Achondroplasia isn't much different from the like as a person without it. They don't have a special store where they shop, they have a normal house, all they have to do is make a few altercations. For clothes they shop at store then take up hems and sleeves however they like. There isn't i real good chance there will be a way to fix this, because you are born this way. There are a few web sites made to help people with this, a few of them are
  • http://findmeacure.com/2011/01/27/achondroplasia
  • http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Achondroplasia/support-group
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