If I Could Cure One Disease...

If I could cure one disease it would be Progeria. Progeria is a disease that causes the victim to show signs of aging at an early age. Most people who are diagnosed with this disease die in their late teens or early twenty's. Some of the symptoms and early signs of this are:
(apparent at childbirth)

• failure to thrive/ weight faltering
• a localized scleroderma-like skin condition

(apparent around 18-24 months)

• limited growth
• full-body alopecia (loss of hair)
• a distinctive appearance (a small face with a shallow recessed jaw, and a pinched nose)

(later)

•  wrinkled skin
• atherosclerosis
• kidney failure
• loss of eyesight
• hair loss
• cardiovascular problems
• Scleroderma (a hardening and tightening of the skin on trunk and extremities of the body) is prevalent

As of now this disease has no cure, a research foundation (called the Progeria Research Foundation) is trying to find a cure. To find out how you can help check out their website at: http://www.progeriaresearch.org/get_involved.html

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