Treacher Collins syndrome
In Wonder, the novel we are currently reading the main character August has a disability called Treacher Collins syndrome. This disability affects the growth of bones and tissue in a person's face causing it to deform. This can result in a very unusual face shape and appearance. Most people have a very small jaw or chin, some people are born with a roof in their mouth making it even harder to eat than it already was. This disability can also affect your airways preventing you from properly breathing potentially causing you to be in a life-threatening situation. The ears are also affected causing them to be extremely small or forming in, hearing loss often occurs when the three bones in your ear are affected by the disability. However, this disability doesn't affect the intelligence of the person.
How do you get it?
If you have 1 affected gene it doesn't affect you however if both of your parents have a cell infected and give birth to a child that child is likely to have Treacher Collins syndrome. The two infected cells from your parents will combine and mutate some cells in your body causing all the effects above. Most people that have the 1 cell in them with this are not affected at all by it, it's only when two cells combine and affect a child being made. Because of how you get it the chances of you being born with the mutated cell is quite rare seeing as it only happens in 1 out of 50,000 people.
How does it do these things to you?
Certain genes in your body are infected these genes are important in the development of your facial bones like your cheekbones. The genes it infects would normally give protein and help these bones grow but when this gene is mutated it no longer provides the bones and tissue that help to result in the facial bones weakening and not growing properly. It is unclear to medical researchers why it only affects the facial bones and not anything else.
How do you get it?
If you have 1 affected gene it doesn't affect you however if both of your parents have a cell infected and give birth to a child that child is likely to have Treacher Collins syndrome. The two infected cells from your parents will combine and mutate some cells in your body causing all the effects above. Most people that have the 1 cell in them with this are not affected at all by it, it's only when two cells combine and affect a child being made. Because of how you get it the chances of you being born with the mutated cell is quite rare seeing as it only happens in 1 out of 50,000 people.
How does it do these things to you?
Certain genes in your body are infected these genes are important in the development of your facial bones like your cheekbones. The genes it infects would normally give protein and help these bones grow but when this gene is mutated it no longer provides the bones and tissue that help to result in the facial bones weakening and not growing properly. It is unclear to medical researchers why it only affects the facial bones and not anything else.
Kia Ora Brayden, this work is very nicely structure and easy for your audience to read. It is clear that you have researched this syndrome well and come up with some useful information. How do you think you would feel if you had this syndrome?
ReplyDeleteHi didn't see this comment until now so sorry for late reply. I really don't know how I would feel it would really depend on the environment I'm around such as the people I'm surrounded by.
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