WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT …

DWARFISM

BY ALEJANDRA AND SOFIA

INFORMATION

WHAT IS DWARFISM?DWARFISM IS A DISEASE THAT MAKES PEOPLE HAVE A SHORTER SKELETAL GROWTH. THIS SHORTNESS CAN BE

MANIFESTED IN THE : ARMS, LEGS OR TRUNK

EXAMPLE :

A NORMAL WOMAN IS ABOUT 160cm

BUT A WOMAN WITH DWARFISM IS ABOUT 125cm

WOW!

THIS IS A PERSON WITH DWARFISM :

WHICH ARE THE CATEGORIES OF

DWARFISM?

1.DISPROPORTIONATE DWARFISMTHIS CATEGORY IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN AVERAGE-SIZE,

TORSO AND SHORTER ARMS AND LEGS OR A SHORTENED TRUNK WITH LONGER LIMS

2.PROPORTIONATE DWARFISM

IN THIS CATEGORY THE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE PROPORTIONAL BUT SHORTENED

WHY DWARFISMOCCUR?

DWARFISM IS GENETIC, THAT MEANS THAT IF ONE OF THE PARENTS

OF THE BABY HAS DWARFISM, THE BABY HAS

MANY POSSIBILITIES TO HAVE DWARFISM WHEN HE IS BORN

WHICH ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF DWARFISM?

*DISPROPORTIONATELY SHORT ARMS AND LEGS*BOWED LEGS*REDUCED JOINT MOBILITY IN THE ELBOW *SHORTENED HANDS AND FEET*A LARGE HEAD*A FLAT MID-HEAD

*CROWDED TEETH*A PROMINENT FOREHEAD

THIS IS THE MOST COMUN

SYMPTOM

DWARFISM HAS CURE?

DWARFISM DOESN’T HAVE CURE, BUT ITHAS TREATMENTS, THAT ARE :

>> INSERTION OF METAL AT THE END OF THE BONES__________________>> DIVIDING A BONE IN TWO AND INSERT METAL PLATES

TO HOLD IT IN THE PLACE_____________________

>> INSERTION OF STAPLES TO HELP CORRECT THE SHAPE OF THE SPINAL CORD

____________________

>> CHANGING THE SIZE OF THE OPENING OF THE SPINAL CORD

_________________

INFORMATION

(EXTRA)

DID YOU KNOW THAT … ???

IN 1985 THE DAAA’s (DWARF ATHLETICASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) HAS THE IDEATO MAKE ATHLETIC EVENTS FOR PEOPLE

WITH DWARFISM. THIS GAMES ARE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS. YOU CAN

SEE THEM EVERY 4 YEARS.

(YOU CAN SEE A PHOTO OF IT IN THE NEXT PAGE)

IN THIS OLYMPIC GAMES THEY PLAY :BADMINTON BASKETBALL EQUESTRIAN

SWIMMING VOLLEYBALL TABLE TENNIS

ACTIVITIES

1. A WOMAN WITH DWARFISM IS ABOUT …A) 150cm B) 125cm C) 110cm

2. THE MOST COMMON SYMPTOM OF DWARFISM IS …

A) BOWED LEGS B) A LARGE HEAD C) DISPROPORTIONATELYSHORT ARMS AND LEGS

3. DWARFISM HAS CURE?

A) YES B) NO C) WE DON’T KNOW

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER :

2. A BABY HAS MANY POSSIBILITIES OF HAVING DWARFISM IF _________________________________

3. IN 1985 THE DAAA’S MAKES _______________ FOR PEOPLE WITH DWARFISM

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES :

1. THE CATEGORIES OF DWARFISM ARE_________________ AND _______________DISPROPORTIONATE PROPORTIONATE

ONE OF HER PARENTS HAS DWARFISM

OLYMPIC GAMES

4.DWARFISM DOESN’T HAVE CURE, BUT THERE ARE___________TREATMENTS

VERY

GOOD!

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