Acromegaly Autism

Gigantism is abnormally large growth during childhood caused by excess growth hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland.

Benjamin is a 12-4/12 year old boy with Velocardiofacial syndrome, who has been followed for quite some time. Benjamin presented with concerns of micropenis, as well as growth failure. As you can see from the attached penile growth curve Benjamin does in fact have a micropenis with a measurement that is significantly below the normal curve. With respect to his height, he was monitored and fell from 50% to just above 10% on the growth curve. He subsequently underwent growth hormone stimulation testing which he failed with a peak growth hormone response of 2.4ng/ml. Clearly, the failed growth hormone stimulation test and the micropenis are consistent with diagnosis for growth hormone deficiency.”

beginning with growth failure during the first year of life. Progeria is a rare condition but has come into

As per the Mayo Clinic the symptoms that the patient encountered is related to a pituitary adenoma, due to the tumor pressure (www.mayoclinic.org). The visual disturbances and headaches indicate an increase growth, which causes pressure to the surrounding area. The weight gain and increase in shoe size is caused by an increase production in growth hormone. Excess production in growth hormone can cause enlarged hands and feet.

Sotos Syndrome, also known as Cerebral Gigantism, is a rare genetic disorder that can be identified by excessive growth in early childhood and acromegalic facial features. This condition comes along with various health side effects that can cause life to be profoundly hard for one who has it. After watching TLC’s show Tallest Teens, in which they featured 7 feet 8 inches Broc Brown, a now 20 year old man with Sotos syndrome, I became interested in learning about this syndrome. After consequently seeing the show and watching how many health problems and hardships Brown faced daily, I became extremely interested in the syndrome and curious as to if there is any medical research being done about it.

who’s been diagnosed since six months of age. He surpassed his mother’s height before the age

Autism is the second types of brain disease. According to Scheruermann and Webber (2002), autism is a development of disorder that caused by neurological impairment affecting brain chemistry and or brain structure. Even the exact reason of the neurological impairment is not yet known, but it is mostly due to the genetic links. Nevertheless, this symptoms is well-defined, hence essential information for educational treatment been contributed. Understanding based on autistic symptomology is the best way to teach student with autism. Presently, there are three main theories explaining the existence of common symptoms. The first theory is a perceptual/cognitive theory. Autism children may have specific differences in capability of their thinking and the way they receive external input, due to the brain defects. They also have to withdraw, and have a complicated time making sense of or processing, physical phenomena because of they might be stimulated by auditory, visual, and tactile stimuli. A second theory is from a developmental explanation holds that brain defects is the reason individuals with autism difficult to evolve in language, cognition, social, and motor domains. Scheruermann and Webber also stated that, it is estimated that the students need to improve through developmentally sequenced experiences for them to expert the necessary skills just as children without disabilities because they are developmentally delayed. The last theory is the behavioral explanation, holds

Life as a human is full of mystery and discovery. Throughout history, people have set out to learn more about the world and the people inhabiting it. In the process, they gained knowledge about a disorder that is now referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), or simply Autism. ASD is a developmental disorder that results in difficulty in social interactions, communication, and repetitive behaviors. Researchers have come a long way in gathering knowledge about the complex disorder since it was first discovered. Many of its aspects have been discovered and redefined to shape the disorder that is diagnosed and studied today. However, much like many other well-known psychological disorders, autism has yet to be fully understood; instead,

The deficiency of growth hormone (growth hormone deficiency, GHD) was limited in the past by clinically only the aspects connected with the multitude of body growth.

Society has certain expectations when it comes to social interaction and communication between people. These expectations could be eye contact with one another, smiling when a person delivers good news or a pout when a sad event happens during a movie. Basic social interactions and communication are usually very natural to people because we are social creatures, we thrive on contact with one another. Some people find basic social interactions difficult, they may have trouble sustaining a conversation, or have difficulties understanding a person’s tone of voice. These people could be on the Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a serious disorder which affects the child’s neurological and behavior functions and may cause different levels of disability. Autism is a regressive neurodevelopment disorder that impacts social interactions, verbal and nonverbal, as well as negative behaviors. It is a disorder that is connected to abnormal biology and chemistry within the brain. Also, autism appears within the first three years of life. A child can seem developmentally normal and meeting all milestones that are age appropriate and then begins to regress. The ASD is a neurological disorder can have classified to a different level from moderate to severe. According to Reynolds and Miller “Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are a group of developmental disabilities characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication and repetitive behaviors” (166). Actually, the number of children who are diagnosed with autism increases and the Autism Spectrum Disorder becoming one of the fastest growing disorders in the USA. According to Autism statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “identify around 1 in 68 American children as on the autism spectrum–a ten-fold increase in prevalence in 40 years. Careful researches show that this increase is only partly explained by improved diagnosis techniques and awareness. Studies also show that autism is four to five times more common among boys than girls. An estimated 1 out of 42 boys and 1 in 189 girls

The most common physical characteristic noticed about these individuals after birth is short stature. If it is not found at birth, a child will stick out around 5 years of age due to not growing as fast as their peers and become diagnosed with this condition. Other typical physical characteristics include swelling of hands and feet, delay in puberty and pterygium coli (skin folds along sides of the neck) (Doswell, Visootsak, Brady, & Graham, 2006). The hairline in the back of the head will be substantially lower. Also, the eyes will appear to be slanted downward and the ears rotated farther towards the back of the head. The lack of estrogen from the missing X can cause an array of skeletal deformities.

There are a couple or more signs of this.Increased height is the most obvious next to severe acne during adolescence.Normal human 5-6 ft xyy syndrome affected individual 6ft 8in by teen or adulthood.The individual could need special ed,have a lower Iq,behavioral problems are believed to be associated with this,along with speech therapy.The person could need help so in school the person goes to a class where teachers help the student and show the student how to do the work.Their Iq may be lower,intelligence normal range.The child won’t be mental.The child might need counseling.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is the name for a group of developmental disorders. ASD includes a wide range, “a spectrum,” of symptoms, skills, and levels of disability. People with ASD often have these characteristics such as ongoing social problems that include difficulty communicating and interacting with others. Repetitive behaviors as well as limited interests or activities. Symptoms that typically are recognized in the first two years of life. Symptoms that hurt the individual’s ability to function socially, at school or work, or other areas of life. Some people are mildly impaired by their symptoms, while others are severely disabled. Treatments and services can improve a person’s symptoms and ability to function. In the presence of

Many doctors and physicians have been able to bring patients levels of these diseases to and under control level and sometimes even cure it. Many patients who find out they have the diseases either decide they want to get the benign tumor removed or just got through radiation therapy. Usually Surgery for removal of the tumor is the first choice for a patient rather than going through radiation therapy. The rate of cure for the surgical process depends on the size of the tumor, whether or not if it spread outside the pituitary gland, and the level of growth hormones before surgery.” In patients with small tumors confined to the pituitary and exhibiting only moderately high HGH levels, the cure rate can be as high as 80–90%. In patients with larger tumors, especially those extending out of the pituitary, cure rates with surgery can be reduced to 40–60%.” (Source 2) Radiation is usually the second option because removal by surgery usually works well. This way of treatment can reduce the size of the pituitary tumor and decreasing the growth hormone levels. “However, this decrease is often very slow, and it can take over ten years for the HGH levels to drop to normal. Treatment with radiation can also have significant side effects, including damage to the pituitary gland itself, visual loss, and brain damage. Some studies have also suggested that treatment with