Dwarfism

Dwarfism is short stature that results from a genetic or medical condition. Dwarfism is generally defined as an adult height of 4 feet 10 inches (147 centimeters) or less. The average adult height among people with dwarfism is 4 feet (122 cm). Many different medical conditions cause dwarfism. In general, the disorders are divided into two broad categories: Disproportionate dwarfism. If body size is disproportionate, some parts of the body are small, and others are of average size or above-average

My life was perfect. Every morning I woke up and my clothes were at the foot of my bed, my breakfast was on my table, and my servants were waiting to fill my bath. I had no reason to be unhappy, but I was. Everything was boring. There was nothing new to see, as if the world was devoid of anything original. The women, ladies and peasants alike, weren’t anything to look at, each the same with brown hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. I went out into my kingdom and the people were all the same, selling

The film “The Tin Drum” is a German movie made in 1959 based off of the novel written by Gunter Grass. This story begins with the birth of a interesting boy named Oskar Matzerath who turns out to be born with full intellect and knowledge of the world around him. With this self-understanding, he decides on his third birthday, after getting a toy tin drum, that he will fall down the stairs to the cellar in order to make himself never grow again. After this fall that is exactly what happens and through

The Dwarf Rune-King's cry of victory was cut short, literally; threw back his head and began to shout a cry of Victory! But his cry of pride turned into a scream of horror; a spear had pierced through his throat, blood gushed forth from the wound. On the king's shoulder was… It was a great goblin, he let loose that awful high-pitched screech! With a start; the observing artillery-dwarf realized that this was the same goblin that the champion of the dwarfs dueled for the mountain, he had that same

Arthrogryposis condition description paper Definition “Arthrogryposis is a condition that causes joints to be stiff and crooked at birth. The individual’s intelligence is relatively normal. The patient will have stiff upper and lower joints, with fixed internal rotation of the shoulders, extension of the elbows, flexion and ulnar deviation of the wrist. The lower extremities will exhibit external rotation of the hips and knee flexion contracture” (Reed, 2011). Etiology “Arthrogryposis is caused

Metatropic dwarfism Metatropic dysplasia, also known as metatropic dwarfism is a very rare disease in humans that is often deadly and identifiable after birth or into the infant stages of a baby. It has been discussed that MTD is in part caused by mutations in the TRVP4 gene. This is located at 12q24.1 which is the long (q) arm of chromosome 12 at position 24.1, base pairs 109,784,087 to 109,833,407. There have been approximately 81 cases reported so far with odds of 1/1,000,000. A few cases have

In the medical world, there is a variety of genetic disorders that affect many people. One of which is Pituitary Dwarfism. Dwarfism is a rare genetic disorder that includes the underdevelopment of the body. Specifically, Pituitary Dwarfism is a rare form of Dwarfism that is caused by the absence of a functional anterior pituitary gland which is located in the brain. It does not release the growth hormone GHRH needed for proper development. Although this mutation does not affect many people, the

I Won't Grow Up: The Causes of Psychogenic Dwarfism "All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!" This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth

years ago, astoundingly recently (Brown). To this day, it is unclear how this species evolved to be so small. Scientists had developed several different theories but have frequently come to the conclusion that these humans were affected by island dwarfism (Morwood). The environment in which Homo floresiensis lived, their physical structure and the recency of their existence holds many mysteries around why they were so small and what impact the above factors had on the hobbit’s overall size. The

Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia is a type of dwarfism. Dwarfism is a disorder can happen because of several different reasons. This type of dwarfism occurs because of a defective gene from at least one parent that is passed down to its offspring, but could also occur because of a new mutation in the gene passed down. Although there are different types of dwarfism they all cause the person to be short, and sometimes disfigured or distorted. This type and most of the others not only affect the persons