Syndactyly is the condition in which two or more fingers are joined or fused together.
Types of Syndactyly
1. Simple Syndactyly: condition in which extremities are fused by soft tissues.
2. Complex Syndactyly: condition in which bones of fingers are joined.
3. Complete or Incomplete: skin is joined all through and through, however in incomplete finger tips are free
4. Fenestrated Syndactyly: when there is a gap between skin is know as fenestrated syndactyly
In this patient you see complex syndactyly as two bones are fused see the x ray below
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apert syndrome, congenital diseases, syndactyly, webbed fingers
Down Syndrome is also known as trisomy 21, it takes place due to extra chromosome is present in 21 st chromosome, due to some genetic anomaly, recently on 25th November child came to Dr RML Hospital New Delhi in Psychiatric OPD, he was suffering from down syndrome, as well as from Angular Stomatitis, see pics below, pay more emphasis on more space between first toe and second toe of foots, also see wide space between both of nipples, however crease of hands were normal, he also showed history of heart diseases.
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Position of nipples in down syndrome, i.e widely spaced nipples present
Below is an adult male suffering from down syndrome, characterized by webbed neck, mangolian facies, low set of ears, and ear lobe attached to cheek, patient came to Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi.
Adult Male with down syndrome having webbed neck and double chin
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congenital diseases, down syndrome
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We have seen that many girls are falling in love with short statured guys and vice versa too, and getting married.
Have you ever thought how does it effect your future life? Life of your children?
You will say no, never- but its true that height of your children depends upon the height of mother and father, you can easily calculate height of your offsprings by using following formulae:
Height of your son= (mother’s height in cm) + 13cm + (father’s height in cm) whole divided by 2
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child health, Neonatal Resuscitation
Failure to Thrive means a child whose rate of weight gain is sluggish, there may or may not be any effect on height, the weight is less than 3rd percentile.
There are 2 factors leading to failure to thrive,
1. Extrinsic factors like, social and environmental factors, and inadequate intake of nutrition.
2. Intrinsic factors like, metabolic causes, excessive vomiting, malabsorption syndromes, chronic diseases.
Clinical features: child may show wide gaze expression or may be expressionless, may not respond to social stimuli, may not show cuddling, sucks thumb, vocalisation is delayed.
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