Wilson's disease does tend to skip a generation and are not usually present in consecutive generations although they may occur in populations with particularly high carrier frequency of Wilson's disease.
The part of the brain that Wilson disease affects is the pons, midbrain, thalamus, dentate nucleus, and, less frequently, corpus callosum and cortex.
The symptoms of late onset Wilson's disease are hemolytic anemia, acute liver failure, kidney injury, osteoporosis, osteomalacia, arthralgia, arthritis, cholecystolitiasis, and endocrine disorders (amenorrhea and hyperthyroidism).
The symptoms of Wilson's disease are hard time speaking, clumsy walking, involuntary muscle movements and tremors, abdominal pain, fatigue and swelling.
Wilson's disease is a disorder that is inherited which causes too much copper to accumulate in your organs.
With Wilson's disease the copper in the body is not eliminated properly and instead it accumulates or builds up and even to sometimes a life threatening level.
Symptoms of Wilson's disease most often begin between the ages of 12 to 23 years of age.
The symptoms of Wilson's disease include fatigue, abdominal pain, uncontrolled or poorly coordinated movements and swelling.
Treatment for Wilson's disease includes medications which can prompt your organs to release the copper into the bloodstream.
After the copper is released into your bloodstream it can then be eliminated and removed from your body through your kidneys.
Wilson disease is caused by an inherited defect in the ATP7B gene.
Wilson disease is an autosomal recessive disorder which means that both parents must pass on the same abnormal gene to the child.
Many times parents, who have only one abnormal gene will show no signs of the disease but are carriers of the disease.
There is no cure for Wilson's disease but Wilson disease can be managed.
Around 1 in 30,000 people have Wilson disease.
The Wilson disease is caused by faults in a gene called ATP7B, which must be inherited from both parents for the disease to be expressed.
Wilson disease is also known as hepatolenticular degeneration.
Usually, symptoms of Wilson's disease develop between 12 and 23 years of age, and untreated people may have a life expectancy of 40 years.
However, early diagnosis, followed by proper treatment, may increase the life span.