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    Dwarfism "Dwarfism is short stature that results from a genetic or medical condition. Dwarfism is generally defined as an adult height of four feet ten inches or less. The average adult height among people with dwarfism is four feet." Dwarfism is generally divided into two broad categories: Disproportionate Dwarfism (DD), some body parts are small and other larger, and Proportionate Dwarfism (PD), all parts of the body are smaller than an average person's but are proportionate. Most people

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    Dwarfism Dwarfism is a medical condition that affects roughly one in every ten thousand children born in America. The Little People of America defines dwarfism as male or female adult to attain a height of four feet ten inches or shorter. The most common type of dwarfism is Achondroplasia. Dwarfs, or little people, still live fairly normal lives. Most dwarfism-related conditions are genetic disorder, but the causes of some are unknown. Most occurrences result from a random genetic mutation

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    Definition of Disease Dwarfism is defined as short stature of 4 feet 10 inches or shorter. This results from a genetic or medical condition. The average height of a person with dwarfism is 4 feet tall. According to the Mayo Clinic, “There are many things that can cause dwarfism, however; the disorders are divided into two broad categories” (Medical Education, 1998). The first category is called Disproportionate dwarfism, this is when a person’s body parts and limbs may be smaller, larger, or average

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    Pituitary Dwarfism is a disease where the growth of someone is slowed or delayed, usually due to a malfunction in the pituitary gland and it results in a less than normal stature. It takes place in the pituitary gland which regulates the production of hormones and it causes normal stature with short limbs. Since the height and growth is decreased, it results in what many people refer to as a “midget.” The Pituitary gland produces many hormones such as the growth hormone, luteinizing, thyroid, prolactin

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    There are many differences between an average height person and a little person. Physical health, socializing and family all play key roles in exhibiting variances between an average height person and a little person. People are viewed in many ways in this society, but it is all about how each person perceives one another. Naturally as human beings “one” tends to judge others loosely, based on multiple differences. One common misconception about both groups of people is medical issues. For example

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    the most common form of dwarfism. 1 out of 26,000 to 40,000 babies have achondroplasia and it is noticeable at birth. People with achnodroplasia are characterized by having small arms and legs, a small body, and sometimes crowded teeth. A less common form of dwarfism is Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasias (SED). About 1 in 95,000 babies get this form of dwarfism. They are usually characterized by a shortened trunk, club feet, and weak hands and feet. The most rare form of dwarfism is Diastropic Dysplasia

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    2016). When one thinks of dwarfism, they think of a short stature with short arms, legs, and a large head. It occurs in one in every 15,000 to one in 40,000 live births (“Learning About”, 2016). According to BBC News (2005), researchers found that the earliest biological evidence of dwarfs dates back to a Predynastic Period called the "Badarian Period" (4500 BC) in addition to several skeletons from the Old Kingdom (2700 - 2190 BC). There has been evidence of dwarfism in ancient Egyptian times.

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    The human body is an extraordinary life form of life. It is loaded with eleven distinctive control frameworks that is utilized to direct it. One of the primary framework that is utilized as a part of the arrangement of the human body is the skeleton framework. This framework controls the route in which the body develops. This is performed from the diaphysis of the bones once a man quits developing then the epysisum line will show up. In any case, what happens if the line shows up too soon and there

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    Achondroplasia is a disease that is dwarfism which is a change in growth of long bones, in resulting very short limbs. Sometimes a face that is small in relation to a normal face sized to skull (hereditary condition). An adult height is four feet ten inches or less. It’s a genetic or medical condition. The major disorders in this disease is during early fetal development, much of your skeleton is made up of cartilage doesn’t convert to bone. Caused by mutations in the gene, FGFR3. This gene instructs

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    The most common type, called Achondroplasia is the cause of about 70 percent of all dwarfism. It makes your arms and legs shorter than that of your torso. Achondroplasia affects about 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 40,000 live births. To understand Fanon one must look back to the beginning of the cinema. Stereotypes were prevalent in movies since

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