What is progeria?

Progeria is a congenital disorder that causes the suffering seemingly aging very quickly. This term can be used to indicate any disease with symptoms reminiscent of an accelerated aging process, but in a more limited sense it determines the hutchinson-gilford progeria syndrome. This was first described in England at the end of the 19th century by doctors Jonathan Hutchinson and Hastings Gilford. It affects children of both sexes and all ethnic groups. Suffering has a very short life expectancy and rarely live over 16 years. The oldest patient in the record with this disease was 29 years.

While other "accelerated aging" disorders are caused by a failure of non -functioning in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) repair in the cells of the body, the results that are the results that are in cells resulting from the results in Cells and//////////////////////. Prigeria is currently assumed that the gene mutation resulting from conception or shortly thereafter. Mechanism thatThe core of Misshapen leads to accelerated symptoms of aging, is not currently known. This condition causes the sufferers to look premature old, with hair loss, wrinkled skin and a fragile bone structure. The teeth often appear slowly and do not have to appear at all. Children also experience limited growth and have characteristically small faces with clasped features.

Progeria also causes health problems usually associated with the elderly, mostly cardiovascular in nature. A heart attack or stroke is the main cause of death for those who have a disorder. Interestingly, certain conditions common in older people, such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease, are not symptomsprogeria.

Prigeria Research Foundation is a non -profit organization in the United States dedicated to discovering a drug for this disorder. Since heart diseases are the main cause of death around the world, it may have the development of the drug for PRogery application in addition to ending suffering and enlargement of the life of disabled children. In addition, laminate defects and responsible for normal aging may be for accelerated symptoms of aging.