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Hunters and Hurlers Syndrome
March 4, 2010 by ru30
Hunter’s and Hurler’s Syndrome are both very rare genetic disorders. They are almost the same except for one symptom, that symptom is cataracts. When you have Hurlers syndrome you have cataracts and when you have Hunters syndrome you don’t. Here are the other symptoms:
- short stature
- joint stiffness
- coarse facial features
- hearing Impairment
- developmental delays
- sometimes aggressiveness
The cause of Hunters and Hurlers syndrome are your body lacks an enzyme known as iduronate 2-sulfatase. When this enzyme is missing, sugar molecules collect in and damage body tissues. It is very hard to diagnose one of these diseases because the symptom’s are so close to being the same.
There is no cure for this disease but a Bone marrow graft can help with some of the symptom’s.
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on March 8th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Can this possibly hurt you a lot like over time and stuff?
Cassidy
on March 10th, 2010 at 10:05 am
Cassidy,
yes this can hurt a lot over time and you can also die from it.
on March 10th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Woah I don’t think nice innocent people should die. Poor people.