Prader-Willi Syndrome

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Prader-Willi Syndrome

• this presentation created by . . . . . . . .

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Anna Jaime
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Prader-Willi Syndrome is . . .

• an uncommon, non-inherited, life long and
  life-threatening, birth defect.
• affects all races and both sexes
• one in every 15,000 babies are infected

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Characteristics
Obesity Poor muscle tone Unsatisfiable
appetite Incomplete sexual development Retardati
on Short stature Small hands and feet Behavior
problems
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Appetite

• The hypothalamic gland doesnt work
• Obsession with food
• Difficult to control the urge to eat

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Growth
Why arent I growing?

• At birth they may have to be feed through tubes.
• They are short statured
• They lack pubertal growth spurts
• They have high body fat ratio

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The cause is unclear .
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Laura . . .
Is 11 years old and has Prader-Willi Syndrome.
She wasnt diagnosed with it until she was three.
She is mildly retarded and is 80 pounds.
She now lives in a residential home in Wisconsin.
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Prognosis
Adolescents and adults can function very well in
group homes if their calorie intake is
controlled and they get a structured schedule.
Sometimes their personalities or tempers can make
it difficult even with programs. They can get
jobs through most sheltered workshops. Praders
usually are chosen to oversee production because
they usually need to finish things.
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History
17th Century
19th Century

• A girl of six weighing 120 pounds with a small
  triangular mouth and small hands and feet.

• A girl that was 44, 210 pounds with small hands
  and feet, little body hair, retarded,.not
  menstruating, and she was thin until the age of 7.

20th Century

• The first article was written about it in 1956
• In 1963, they analyzed 14 cases .
• In 1968, they analyzed 11 more cases and came up
  with more characteristics

• In 1968, they identified two stages the first
  being infantile hypotonia and the second obesity.
• In 1972, 32 more cases were analyzed .

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Summary

• One in every 15,000 babies are born with
  Prader-Willi
• Its cause is unknown.
• Its not hereditary
• Their hunger cannot be satisfied
• There is no cure

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Bibliography

• Http//www.icondata.com/health/pedbase/files/PRADE
  R-W.HTM
• Medical Alert Brochure
• Http//www.pwsa.com
• The family of Laura