Процесс старения, по сути, неизбежен для всех, но this happens gradually and slowly, so a person has time to get used to the changes that occur with his body. To date, a complex enigma for modern science has become a disease that significantly accelerates all the aging processes in the body - the Werner Morrison syndrome.
The disease is extremely rare, soscientists are not yet able to find an effective method of treatment. This is a kind of anomaly in modern society. For the first time the fact of the disease with this ailment was fixed in 1904 by a German scientist. Until now, the greatest minds of mankind have been trying to study an incomprehensible process that provokes the premature aging of the human body, and is looking for methods of effective control of the disease.
As a rule, the syndrome is inherited.Patients receive from the parents one anomalous gene, which is located in the eighth chromosome. Because of genetic malfunctions, a mutation occurs, the child subsequently inherits these genes. The changes are reflected in the work of the whole organism, including on the exterior.
To date, we managed to find out only that Werner's syndrome is an autosomal recessive disease. But to refute or confirm this diagnosis by genetic examination is impossible.
As the rather rare practice shows, the firstthe symptoms of this ailment can manifest after a ten-year age. In the first place, the strong lag in growth causes concern. But most of the obvious signs can be seen only in 20 years.
Specialists identify a number of basic symptoms:
Together with these irreversible processes, a great number of other pathologies appear in man:
Werner's syndrome affects the endocrine system,therefore, a person may lack secondary sexual characteristics: menstruation does not occur, there is an excessively high timbre of voice, thyroid dysfunction, diabetes (insulin-resistant) develops. All this is familiar to people who have such a terrible syndrome.
A patient with this ailment can be recognized from afar,because these people have very different facial features from the usual ones. As a rule, they acquire sharpness, the nose is like the beak of a bird, and the chin protrudes strongly, a small mouth, the face of the face acquires a lunar shape. Also fat tissue and muscle are completely atrophied. Therefore, the arms and legs are abnormally thin - all this affects the normal mobility. Human movements are difficult, it quickly gets tired and does not withstand heavy physical exertion.
There is one more, the main sign thatis characterized by Werner's syndrome. Photos of people suffering from this disease are striking: at the age of 40 they look twice as old. As the statistics show, patients who have undergone this disease, do not live up to 50 years. Or the body affects cancer, or death comes because of a heart attack or stroke.
Often this disease occurs in menhalf the population. There is Werner's syndrome (symptoms) after a transitional age. The disease develops at the molecular level, mutating the gene, which is responsible for the encoding of DNA. Scientists have not yet figured out what relationship this syndrome has to other similar diseases that cause rapid aging. In addition, they doubt that it exists at all.
Although this disease is a rarity, there are such people,and modern society should treat them more loyal, because no one is immune from this. People who have experienced this disease have a very difficult time. In addition to the frightening appearance, there are many attendant ailments that do not allow for a normal existence. The initial stage is accompanied by external changes, and all subsequent cause organ diseases.
Werner's syndrome develops soit is rapid that a patient at 40 years of age with a high probability can affect the cancer, because malignant formations are not uncommon in this disease.
Virtually all ailments are usually manifested inmature, or even in advanced age, but only if it is not Werner's syndrome, a syndrome of premature aging. Usually, with a full medical examination, patients have osteoporosis of the feet, as well as the legs, a violation of the ligament and tendon structure. As a rule, the patient complains of poor eyesight, because as a result of a disease, almost always there is a cataract. Many have seen disorders in the brain, which is accompanied by a rapid decline in intellectual abilities. Often patients complain of pain in the region of the heart.
In order to diagnose "Werner's syndrome", a full clinical examination is prescribed. If the doctor doubts, he can determine in culture the ability of fibroblasts to multiply.
Werner's syndrome is a plague of the 21st century.Scientists diligently try to study this disease, are looking for a solution to this problem and are working to rid the modern society of this kind of anomaly. We can say only one thing - this is one of the rarest cases of genetic defects.
Unfortunately, despite the fact that medicine forthe last ten years has made great progress in development, today scientists can not fight this disease. Is it possible to cure it? This is still a mystery. To maintain the patient's condition, special therapy is carried out, which helps stop fast aging and prevents organ diseases. Regular prophylaxis is performed to reduce the symptoms that are present in this disease. But doctors can not stop this process to the end.
Конечно, можно обратиться за помощью к хорошим plastic surgeons and improve the appearance. But a person grows old incredibly fast, so this kind of help will be short-lived. One can only hope that in the near future the development of scientists will be successful and there will be a medicine that gives the desired effect. Recently, many hopes are placed on the field of medicine, which is actively engaged in the treatment of the most desperate ailments with the help of stem cells. It remains only to believe that soon with this method it will be possible to cure Werner Johnson's syndrome.
