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Red Spot Stereotypes

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The infant presented was to be examined in depth. Concern arose after a typical birth and resent changes that had taken place; exaggerated startle response, twitching and mild muscle tone loss (myoclonic jerks). Straight forward exam of: eyes, ears, nose, throat and so on. With inspection of the eyes it was noted that a spot of cherry red was detected in the eye. Cause of the red spot appearance; is from the macula cells breaking down they then expose the choroid which supplies blood to the retina. Resulting in the red spot appearance when cells have become damaged, with this detection a more in-depth family health history and genic screening would need to occur. Though Tay-sachs (TSD) is suspected it is necessary to verify the suspicion. There

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