Morquio Syndrome In Freak The Mighty By Rodman Philbrick

Morquio syndrome is when the metabolism does not have enough or is missing a substance. These molecules are called glycosaminoglycans. When the body does not produce enough enzymes, serious problems can happen. Morquio A is a recessive inherited disease. Most of the time the disease shows up in 2 to 3 year olds.

Teamwork is recognizing that working together gets things done. In the novel Freak the Mighty there is a kid named Kevin who has Morquio syndrome. Kevin meets a kid his age named Max, who is the complete opposite of Kevin. Max is big for his age, while Kevin is very small. Kevin is also super smart. When the two of them are together they are Freak the Mighty. Kevin and Max are able to accomplish much more together than they can separately.

In school, Kevin and Max worked together;by Kevin teaching Max in a way he could understand. Kevin gave Max a dictionary with all his favorite words. In the same way, Max had trouble with writing, so Kevin put it in the words Max understands. Also, Kevin and Max stand up for each other. For instance, they stood up for each other when they were sent to the principal. For example, Max helped Kevin stop choking when he was choking. Kevin changed people's perception on Max. Together the were both smart and strong. As a result, they were both smart and strong by compensating for the other person's weakness. Together they are Freak the Mighty. Working together can help build a

Kevin, in Freak the Mighty, also known as Freak, has morquio syndrome. It stops him from doing a lot of things “normal” people can do, but that’s what makes his character so interesting. Morquio syndrome is a genetic disorder. (Reuters, 19) It is one of a group of lysosomal storage disorders scientifically known as mucopolysaccharidoses, or MPS IV-AI.(Reuters, 15) It is typically chronic and progressive, and involves multiple organs of the body.(Reuters, 19)

Skin-directed treatments are not typically used to treat Sezary syndrome because the disease involves both the skin and the blood at the time of diagnosis, making this particular type of treatment less effective. Many of the systemic treatments used to treat advanced mycosis fungoides, such as photopheresis, oral retinoids, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy, are also used to treat Sezary syndrome. Chemotherapy or targeted therapy are typically used to treat patients who are no longer responding to other forms of treatment. A stem cell transplant might also be a possibility for patients for whom other forms of treatment are no longer effective.

Have you ever wondered about the diseases that you can get from your parents? One of these major diseases that can change someone’s life is called the Marfan Syndrome. Marfan Syndrome is a disorder of connective tissue that is inherited from the parents. The bones and circulatory system are usually the parts of the body that are longer and the ones that are changed because of the disease.

Morgellons disease,is a constroverseol and mysterius disease. There are thousands who say they suffer from its bizzar symptoms. Symptoms include stinging,and crawling sensations under the skin,there body's sometimes grow strange stringlike fibers on the surface,and bright red rashes.Some patients have a physcial neurologic findings you an see,such as foot drop pulsy. Every patient has different neurologic decline, like brain fog (diffuclity doing everyday task). There are many in the world of science medicine that belive it's all in the mind. Now the government has weighed in,igknowledgeing that people are suffering,and excepting the need for proper sciencentific investigation. Cenus for diease control(CDC),are now doing a new study to try

Morquio syndrome is an uncommon hereditary birth defect that is likely to happen in one of every 200,000 births. This illness may not be noticeable at birth. Some symptoms start between the years of 1 and 3. This syndrome is an advanced illness meaning that each year the child gets older this disease gets even worse.

If I were I Max’s and Freak’s class I would choose to be friends with them. Just because Freak is abnormal and Max is mean and not smart that does not me I don’t like their personality. I would love to be friends with them because I would like to be in their “Quest” with them. And I would treat them with respect because they are the two kids that always get teased by another group of kids. Max gets teased because of his father. And freak gets teased because he is a midget. Max and Freak are great people and look that they don’t get into trouble that much. I chose to be friends with Freak and Max because it is horrible to not have any friend that are awesome like them. I would always be their friend because they are super

Morgellons Syndrome, as identified by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, is an ‘unexplained constellation of symptoms’. Symptoms include non-healing skin lesions, emergence of fibres and solid material from the skin and disturbing sensations on the skin, including the feeling of being bitten, pricked by pins and a stinging sensation. These symptoms are chronic. (Pearson, Selby, Katz, Cantrell, Braden, Parise, Paddock, Lewin-Smith, Kalasinsky, Goldstein, Hightower, Papier, Lewis, Motipara, Eberhard, 2012. p.1-2.).

The foundation behind Morgellons disease has developed a working case with seven common signs and symptoms for the diagnosis. Some of these include skin lesions, cutaneous movement sensations, “filaments” in or on skin lesions, emotional effects and more. A big basis of Morgellons disease is that the patients with the disease are suffering from psychiatric problems. These mental problems are a big cause of making the disease more “serious” and causes more emotional effects and delusions of parasitosis. Morgellons disease is one in the same as delusions of parasitosis. “Murase et al. (7) described Morgellons as a potential rapport-enhancing, trust-building title for delusions of parasitosis that enables doctor and patient to communicate more

Morgellons Disease is a condition where unusual threadlike fibers appear under the skin. Doctors disagree whether it is a physical or mental condition. Symptoms of Morgellons Disease may include crawling sensations, burning, extreme itching, sores that abruptly appear and take a long time to heal. The CDC found in their studies that this condition is uncommon, only 115 out of 1 million plus people were identified with. Most are white women between 45-64 years of age. Confirmation was not achieved for it to be an infections cause. Feeling lethargic, with disruption in sleep patterns were the most common symptom. I can’t judge whether or not I believe it! I have never been through it nor have I known anyone with this.

In the beginning of the movie Max is made fun of because he is different and he can not learn as easily as the other kids. He is taller and stronger than any of the other kids in his seventh grade class, which he has been in the seventh grade for two years. A little ways into the movie freak is introduced, or that is what the other kids called him, but his real name is Kevin. He is crippled because he has Morquio syndrome. Kevin

Kevin is mentally strong but physically disabled, he has Morquio Syndrome which is a form of dwarfism that causes his bones to stop growing but his organs to continue growing at a normal rate. Along with that disease comes multiple physical deformities such as a large hump on his back, he has to constantly walk on crutches, and he has posts going through his legs that allow him to walk on the crutches. Those medical issues cause him to get bullied and overall not accepted by most people. For Max it is the opposite, he is very strong physically but struggles mentally and with school work. Max struggles heavily with reading and writing, which worsens his insecurities.

“I will name you… Max!” Mac stopped Max abruptly. The next day Mac and his new friend Max walked to school. Yesterday Mac had shoved a bunch of things into the can to help him at school, a paper shredder, magnets, pencil sharpener, and wifi antenna for use of his cell phone at school. At school his teacher was asking math questions and Max was in his bag when she asked,