TCS

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Remember Augie the kid from wonder, the kid who was different from others as we remember he had a facial disease that gave him low self-confidence. There are many face disorders/Diseases, but there is a special one called Treacher Collins syndrome. This syndrome has many affects like hearing loss, vision problems, as well as an abnormal face. It is a genetic issue that affects but apart from this these kids have to face and even more deadly problem, dealing with emotions. Some kids who have this rare type of disorder. But does this syndrome actually affect kids’ emotion along with the face? While this disorder affects the child's facial appearance and gives them poor hearing, it also affects the child emotionally.
Treacher Collins syndrome also has a diagnosis like the other ones but it can be discovered when the baby is in the stomach but it relies on clinical radio graphic findings. Sometimes the signs of this syndrome can be found when the baby is in the stomach. To be diagnosed the doctor would have to examine the baby carefully so signs are discovered. It is suspected to be a ribosomopathy (Any disease or malfunction of ribosomes or cell organelles that consist of RNA and proteins ), where a genetic abnormally causes impaired ribosome biogenesis & function resulting in a special clinical prototype.
Management is one of the most important things for parents to consider because the parent has to know how to prevent the child from having low self-esteem and to make the right educational choices for the child because signs of low self-esteem could lead to hurt feelings. The parents also need to know a lot in order to overcome the other difficulties of this syndrome.
Due to the child's abnormal facial appearance, p...

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...the feeding difficulty but it is mainly Micrognathia.
Due to the abnormal bone formation the eyes are slightly tilted so the Person has a difficulty seeing or known as vision problems. Due to the slanted eyes it is hard for those people who have this syndrome to see the also have droopy misshaped eyes with notched lower lids absent lower eyelashes absent floor of the eye sockets
Because of the smaller earlobe this symptom causes hearing loss for the people who have it. The hearing loss is one of the most critical side effects of treacher Collins syndrome. Hearing losses can also lead to educational difficulties and major speech delay.

People who face this syndrome have all sorts of problems including; vision, hearing, speech, facial problems suffer from Treacher Collins syndrome. This syndrome can lead to many symptoms and if can cause emotional problems too.

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