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Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
May 6, 2010 by ru30
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva is a very rare bone disorder. That less than seven hundred people in the whole wide world have. But it is so rare people don’t know that much about it, so technicley more people could have it.
The symptoms of this disease can be different depending on the person but these are the most common symptoms: Pain in different bones and muscles, swelling, problem with bone development in the fingers or toes like cluster toes, progressively getting stiffer, and eventually parts of your body just not being able to move some parts of your body.
When you have Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva your body pretty much just turns your muscles into bone, so eventually you will be frozen for ever because everything is bone. Yes you can die from this disease because your heart and lungs can turn into bone to or you could starve because you jaw gets fused shut. The cause of this disease was just discovered scientists think that a gene called ACVR1 gets mutated causing you body to turn muscle into bone.
Sadly, there is no known treatment or cure for this disease, but since scientists have found the gene that causes Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva they might eventually find a cure.
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on May 18th, 2010 at 10:39 am
Wow! so your whole body can be bone besides your brain and organs?