Signs & Symptoms
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Birth
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- 33 week
premature, measured by ultrasound at 10
weeks for date of delivery
- In NICU for 23 days, apnea of
prematurity, trouble feeding (poor suck
and swallow reflex), jaundice umbilical
hernia camptadactaly (fine motor issues)
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Build /
Stature
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- Slow
weight gain (at 18ths was 20
lbs, 78 inches, 44cm head size)
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Head
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Microcephaly (normal at birth)
- Trigoncephaly
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Ears
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- Low set
ears
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Eyes
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- Wears
glasses..focusing problems/far sighted
- Droopy eyelids
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Teeth
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- Delayed
tooth eruption as well as not in normal
order
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Skin
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- Eczema
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Upper
Limb
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- Long
tapering fingers
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Lower
Limb
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- Flat feet
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Respitory
System
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- Asthma
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Alimentary
Tract
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- Slow
Gastric Emptying
- Reflux
-gastric ulcer
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Neurological
Functional
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- Sensory
issues
- Increased
tone in ankles, legs, forearms
- Speech delay (makes sounds, no
babbling)
- Developmental delay
- Poor tongue movement, horizontal smile
- Possible oral apraxia
- Motor delay (not walking at 21 mths)
- Decreased ability to supinate arms
- Waves arms when excited
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Laboratory
Test and Findings
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- Bone
survey normal
- CT and MRI at 8 months normal
- Urine organic acids normal
- Normal female karotypes
- Fragile x ---- normal
- FISH --- normal
- Swallow study ordered (cannot eat lumpy
food but will eat hard food that will
melt in mouth..will pocket food by gums
and teeth)
Contact: Jenny mom
to Emily at
jenniferrooker@cox.net
Any
troubles with e-mails send to
amy76jo@yahoo.com
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