Progeria-Symptoms

=Progeria Symptoms= ===Some of the first symptoms to develop in the early ages of a child caused by progeria are hair loss, disappearance of cheek fat, a sharpening of the facial features, and growth completely stops.. Blood vessels below the skin become visible. Dental development is affected by the delay of shedding of **deciduous teeth** and the early loss of their permanent teeth. Impaired mobility caused by the thickening of joints and the development of painful arthrosis are among other symptoms.=== ===In the ways of physical appearance, large and bald head with hollow cheeks with tight skin, measly eyebrows and eyelashes, a pointed nose, receding chins, and crowded or missing teeth. This appearance of the facial features can also be described as narrow, bird-like with the appearance of **alopecia**. It is a growth failure that causes the disproportion of the head to the rest of the body. Also the choildren at around 7 years old start developing heart attacks and strokes. [|symptoms] [|Adalia]Rose is the most knwon story of someone with Progerias, she's a five year old girl, one of the oldest living person with Progeria.===

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