Menkes Syndrome Information - cure, definetion, treatment of Menkes Syndrome

Menkes Syndrome Information

Menkes Syndrome is very common Isyndrome. Menkes syndrome is inherited as an X-linked recessive disorder. Menkes Syndrome can be defined as An inherited disorder that results in reduced absorption of copper from the intestines. Menkes syndrome is characterized by early retardation in growth, the peculiar hair, and cerebral degeneration beginning within a month or two after birth and progressing rapidly to death in the first or second year of life. Menkes' disease can receive injections of copper histidine under the skin. Healthcare professionals, including geneticists (specialists in hereditary diseases), should be consulted in the treatment of Menkes' disease. Some researchers have observed that damaging levels of copper can build up in the tissues of some copper-treated people with Menkes' disease.

Menkes Syndrome symptoms

Menkes syndrome is inherited as an X-linked recessive disorder. The symptom is related to deficient levels of available copper. Symptoms include progressive mental deterioration, kinked or twisted brittle hair, and skeletal changes.

• rosy cheeks
• irritability
• seizures
• feeding difficulties
• low body temperature