TAR+Syndrome

TAR Syndrome TAR Syndrome or Thrombocytopenia Absent Radius Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the absence of the bone in the arm on the thumb side or the pinky side. Other symptons of TAR syndrome include low levels of platelets in the blood cause severe bleeding during infancy. Sometimes there are also structural disorders in the heart. There is also mental retardation and bleeding episodes in the skull when babies. A baby with TAR Syndrome and the bent arm due to the missing bone There is no treatment for TAR Syndrome. When carriers of TAR are babies it is necessary to take cautions to reduce risk of injury.Since TAR makes people have low platelet counts parents of infants should also take cautions to reduce infection and sickens because that could lower platelet counts even more. Since TAR may have heart defects after infants are diagnosed they should be thoroughly examend for heart defects. As you can imagine it is difficult to live with TAR Syndrome. Since there is a low platelet count if a person with TAR has to take all cautions not to get a cut or they could die from blood loss. When TAR carriers get a bump they could also suffer from internal bleeding and have to be checked. It is almost impossible to live a normal life with TAR especially when carrier suffers from mental reatardation. Due to the fact that some carriers may have Heart deffects their every day lives are disrupted by checkups. TAR is a genetic dissorder with an autosomal recessive trait. If one parent is a carrier and has 2 abnormal genes the children will all have the defect but it will not affect them. If one person with the disorder has a child with someone who has one copy of the bad gene, there is a 50 per cent chance that the child will get the condition, while in 50 per cent chance the child will be a healthy carrier.
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If you had TAR Syndrome how would your life be changed? If one of your parents was a healthy carrier of TAR and your other didn't have TAR how would you be affected?
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John K Wu Thrombocytopenia Absent Radius Syndrome http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2237.htm 5/14/07 Professor Göran Elinder TAR Syndrome http://www.sos.se/SMKH/2005-110-1/2005-110-1.htm5/15/07
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