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Patients with Type A NPD usually die within the first year and a half of life.

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What are the three types of Niemann Pick Disease?

type A (NPD A), the acute infantile form; type B (NPD-B), a less common, chronic, non-neurological form; and type C (NPD-C), a biochemically and genetically distinct form of the disease.


Is there a pill to ease NPD?

The answer is No, there is no medication specifically used to treat NPD. == == The question was "Is there a pill to ease NPD?" Not "How has NPD affected your life stranger? please give us a detailed personal account of your experiences." Did you ever think that perhaps the person asking might be asking for themselves? How appropriate is your response then?


What is the prognosis for patients with NPD C?

The life expectancy of patients with type C is variable. Some patients die in childhood while others, who appear to be less drastically affected, live into adulthood.


Where is the NPD Group based?

The NPD Group is based in Port Washington, New York


What is the average age of onset for NPD-A?

NPD-A begins in the first few months of life. Symptoms normally include feeding difficulties, abdomen enlargement, progressive loss of early motor skills, and cherry red spots in the eyes.


What is the prognosis for patients suffering from Type B NPD?

Type B patients generally live to adulthood but suffer from significant liver and lung problems.


What is the prognosis for patients with NPD-A?

Patients with NPD-A commonly die during infancy. NPD-B patients may live for a few decades, but many require supplemental oxygen because of lung impairment.


What is the treatment for Niemann Pick disease?

No specific definitive treatment is available for patients with any NPD type, and treatment is purely supportive


Npd and fear of losing?

Npd and fear of losing is caused by the lack of feeling the need or attention from someone or family members


How do you help a person with npd?

You can't !


What is the difference between a mysogynist and a NPD disorder?

mysogynist is another word used to oppress men; NPD is the regular entitled bimbo


You have recently discovered that your mother may have had severe npd and realize that your adult daughter shows signs of having npd as well and wondering if NPD is heridetary?

Keep searching the web because this answer is out there. Dated someone who inherited it from his dad, no doubt about it.