Marfan Syndrome

The Marfan Syndrome is a defect in your gene that makes the fibrillin 1 an important protein for connection tissue. This defect takes place in the chromosome 15. There are many ways to identify a person with Marfans Syndrome. Everyone who is effected with this has at least three features in different parts of the body. Many symptoms are...

1. Long legs
2. Long arms
3. Curved spine (hunch back)
4. Long, thin fingers
5. Near sighted
6. Stretch marks on skin

There is no easy way to tell if you have this syndrome, there is no easy bloo

d test you have to be evaluated by a doctor. There is no cure but there is therapies that can limit complications. The way you would get these treatments is by seeing specialized doctors that would make an individualized program. The life expectancy for a person with this disease is just a little bit under the normal life expectancy. This disorder is pretty uncommon one in every six thousand babies is born with Marfan. And there is no difference in babies born with Marfin in different ethnicities.