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Everyday life for someone who has Marfan syndrome is not too bad. They may be self conscious about how they look and have trouble learning new things but they can function as a normal human being in everyday life.
people with marfan syndrome are typically very tall with loose jointed. people with marfan disease usually have long narrow faces.
1 in every 5,00o to 7,000 people have Marfan syndrome.
People with Marfan syndome have problems with their eyes, heart, skeleton, and people with it are usually very tall and skinny
It is estimated that one person in every 3000-5000 has Marfan syndrome, or about 50,000 people in the United States.
1 in 5,000 people.
Marfan syndrome does not affect IQ. On the contrary, people with Marfan syndrome tend to have above average intelligence. A study found that the average IQ of people with Marfans is 109.3, significantly higher than other people.
Marfan syndrome (also called Marfan's syndrome) is a genetic disorder of the connective tissue. People with Marfan's tend to be unusually tall, with long limbs and long, thin fingers.
About 1 in 5,000 people have Marfan syndrome, including men and women of all races and ethnic groups. About 3 out of 4 people with Marfan syndrome inherit it, meaning they get the genetic mutation from a parent who has it. But some people with Marfan syndrome are the first in their family to have it; when this happens it is called a spontaneous mutation. There is a 50 percent chance that a person with Marfan syndrome will pass along the genetic mutation each time they have a child.
There is no set height for people with Marfan syndrome. There was even a man who had both dwarfism and Marfan syndrome! People with Marfan are USUALLY taller than unaffected family members, but not always. More important than a person's height are their ratios (arm span to height, upper torso to lower torso), flexibility, condition of their aorta, and condition of their eyes.
Yes. A person with Marfan syndrome should have no problem flying in a commercial aircraft. Flights in an unpressurized aircraft are not recommended though, because the changes in altitude can cause a collapsed lung (pneumothorax), a particular risk for people with Marfan syndrome.
Support groups are often good sources of information about Marfan; they can offer helpful suggestions about living with it as well as emotional support.