Canavan Disease

Imagine not living past the age of ten. Patients that are suffering from Canavan Disease have to live knowing that they most likely won't live to be a double-digit age. Symptoms of Canavan Disease are mental retardation, loss of previously learned motor skills, abnormal muscle tone, and an abnormally large, poorly controlled head. Paralysis and hearing loss can occur. There is currently no known cure for Canavan Disease. This disease tends to be more common in Jewish people due to the fact that they usually originate from eastern and central European. This deadly disease was discovered in 1931. If you think your life is hard and that everything bad always happens to you think about living life with multiple health problems that make your life excruciatingly hard. And even though you may fight hard against the disease, it will always be in the back of your mind that you will not live to see your eleventh birthday.

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