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signs and symptoms. Some of them have already been described in MedTempus. I
indicate so with links. They are ordered from greater to smaller frequency.
Description: They are totally normal people in the sense of touch and in the
sensibility of cool, heat, pressure and tickling. However, with a normal act wich
would cause pain (as to nail a needle) it does not cause them any painful sensation.
As a result of this, they usually die younger by traumatism and several injuries
because of their lack of pain perception. They must be under supervision in early ages
so that they can´t injure themselves.
9-Moebius Syndrome
8-True Hermaphroditism
Frequency: Around 500 documented cases in the world. The real frequency in the
population is not known.
Description: Hermaphrodites have both testicular and ovarian tissue. These two
can be mixed, wich is called ovotestis or be separated elements, on the one hand a
testicle and on the other an ovary. The external genitals are ambiguous and have
components of both sexes. Hermaphrodites can have femenine or masculine
appearance.
In many cases, injuries can cause joints to become permanently frozen in place. The
growths cannot be removed with surgery because such removal causes the body to
“repair” the area of surgery with more bone.
The most serious forms, in which to sleep means a certain death, usually
appear from the birth, and most of newborns die without knowing the
cause. Nevertheless, in those people in which the disease has gotten
worse progressively and get to risk life whenever they sleep, it is usually
treated with assisted ventilation during the night.
Even so, in spite of all those treatments, any mistake to remain slept without the
indicated oxygen therapy, will mean the death.
5-Proteus Syndrome
Frequency: Around 100 documented cases. It seems that appears a case of progeria
by each 8 million births, although could be greater since it isn’t diagnosed many
times.
Cause: Partially Known. Most of the cases of progeria take place by mutations of
autosomal dominant inheritance in LMNA gene. This gene participates in the
maintenance of nuclear stability and the organization of chromatin. It could also take
part in the regulation of genetic expression, synthesis and repair of DNA
Description: People with progeria age very quickly from the childhood. When they
are newborns they have a totally normal appearance but they are growing more and
more slowly that the other children and develop a very characteristic face expression.
The lose their hair, acquire wrinkles and suffer a severe damage on the arteries
(atherosclerosis) that cause the death in the first years of adolescence.
Cause: It is a exaggerated case of siamese twins. Two twins don´t get to separate
completely when they are zygotes and they are united by some zone. One of these
twins grows healthy whereas the other degenerates, remaining inside the healthy twin
and depending completely on him. It is unkown why these twins don´t separate
correctly.
Description: When the host fetus is able to survive the childbirth, this one can show
a swelling up in the zone where the parasitic fetus locates itself. 80% of times, they
are in the abdominal region, but also in skull, sacred region, scrotum… It can grow
unnoticed, at the beginning. Later, the parasitic fetus will continue to grow at the
same time the host does.
When making imaga tests, the organs are observed in places where the wouldn´t have
to exist. Although tiny legs, arms, fingers, hair or any other element of the fetus can
be seen if he has developed them. There aren´t two equal cases of fetus in fetus, since
parasitic fetus can locate themselves in very different zones in host fetus and,
therefore, the growth and elements that has gotten to develop will be variable. There
are very developed parasitic fetuses and others that only have a little number of
organs.
Description: People who suffer from it are completely covered in lanugo hair except
in the palms of their feet and hands. The maximum hair lenght that has been
documented is about 25 centimeters.
Lanugo is the thin and off-white hair that appears in newborn in their shoulders and
arms and that normally disappears after the first month from the birth. In those who
suffer from this syndrome lanugo persists and can grow forever or dissapear over the
years.