Children's progeria is a disease of a genetic nature that leads to irreversible changes in the system of internal organs due to premature aging of the whole organism. For the first time, this ailment was identified and described in 1889 by J. Hutchinson and independently of it in 1904 by H. Guildford. Despite the fact that childhood progeria is an extremely rare disease, more than 150 cases have been described since its discovery. And each of them is carefully studied by a huge number of scientists.
Doctors diagnose only one of 7 million newborns with Hutchinson-Guildford syndrome. Children's progeria is developing rapidly - in just a year, the patient’s body ages by 5–9 years. Children in rare cases survive to the age of 23, dying from diseases more common to older people. The first signs of "childhood" appear in babies, starting from an early age (2-3 years).As such, treatment does not yet exist, that is, medicines are prescribed only for the symptomatic treatment of side ailments. But scientists around the world are studying the problem and are looking for effective methods to solve it.
Children's progeria is characterized by the following manifestations:
- short stature;
- light weight (13-22 kg);
- the thinnest skin through which blood vessels are visible;
- sedentary joints of arms and legs;
- a big head, but a small face;
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