Could you have Marfan syndrome and not know it?  Read the list below to help you better understand Marfan syndrome and its dangers.

  • Eyesight transitions to being near sighted
  • Bones become longer
  • Weight starts dropping
  • Joints become loose
  • Skin starts stretching without any growth
  • Diseases develop in the lungs
  • Scoliosis (a curve in the spine) develops
  • Motions of the heart are more distinguished
Marfan Syndrome hands have very flexible joints
Twins affected by Marfan Syndrome
X-Ray of Marfan Syndrome hands
Marfan Syndrome: Introduction

Children grow faster in the springtime.

"Symptoms, then are in reality nothing but the cry from suffering organs." 

-Jean Martin Charcot

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