The symptoms of fragile X syndrome, which can be mild or severe and often affects boys more severely than girls, can have an impact on a child’s learning, behavior, appearance, and health.
In addition to receiving special education and therapy to help them learn and develop like other children, children born with this genetic condition can also benefit from medications and other treatments that can help with their physical symptoms and behavioral issues.
Symptoms
There are several, including:
- Finding it difficult to learn how to sit, crawl, or walk
- linguistic and vocal issues
- False eye contact and hand motions
- Temper tantrums
- Poor impulse control
- Anxiety
- heightened sensitivity to sound or light
- Unstable behavior and difficulty focusing
- Boys’ self-destructive and aggressive behavior
Additionally, some kids with fragile X experience physical and facial changes, which can include:
- A large head
- A long, narrow face
- Large ears
- an enormous chin and forehead
- Loose joints
- Flat feet
- Enlarged testicles (after puberty)
While most boys with fragile X have difficulties with learning and development, girls typically do not, symptoms are typically milder in girls.
Girls with fragile X may experience early menopause and occasionally have difficulty becoming pregnant as adults.
This condition can also cause health problems like:
- Seizures
- Hearing problems
- Vision problems
- Heart problems
Causes
• Fragile X is caused by a mutation in the FMR1 gene, which is typically located on the X chromosome.
• Down syndrome
• Genetic codes repeatedly
•PKU ( phenylketonuria )
•Alcohol abuse, contact with environmental toxins, and illnesses like rubella while pregnant.
Investigations
• IQ ( intelligence quotient )
• Neuropsychological history
• Historical perspectives on the family, development, brain, and behavior
• Prenatal and early childhood screening and diagnosis
• There are notable developmental delays in the first year of life, including impairments in fine motor skills and delays in speech and language.
• Deterioration of problem-solving abilities, short-term memory, and language expressive ability.
• The patient’s IQ is also a sign of the presence of mental retardation, which can range from mild to severe and ranges from 20 to 70.
• Oppositional defiant disorder, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and separation anxiety are just a few of the neuropsychological characteristics present in the patients.
Differential diagnosis
• ADHD
• Asperger Syndrome
• Marfan Syndrome
• PDD (Pervasive Developmental Disorder)
• PDD (Rett Syndrome)
Homeopathic Treatment
• Ambra grisea
• Alumina
• Anacardium orientale
• Cannabis indica
• Thuja e.t.c
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