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when do you discover that you have melas?

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Usually in childhood: Onset on symptoms usually occurs between 2 and 10 years of age.

Question 2

what should you do if you discover your teen played hookey?

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Have a talk: Find out what is going on.  Is it a 1 time thing or is it chronic? Have his/her grades gone down?  Is he/she having difficulties with friends or bullies.  Have a talk and teach problem solving and good decision making in the process.  If it is more serious make an appointment with the school counselor.

Question 3

what exactly is achondroplasia? who was the person to discover it?

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Dwarfism.: Achondroplasia, the most common cause of nonlethal short limb dwarfism is characterized by macrocephaly (disproportionately large head) and rhizomelia (short proximal long bones in amrs/legs). Heterozygous individuals have a normal life span and normal intelligence. Homozygous achondroplasia is parinatally lethal. Incidence of nonlethal form:1:10, 000-1:30, 000. Typically de novo paternal mutations.

Question 4

at what time do you normally discover that someone has kleinfelter's?

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Varies: Klinefelter's syndrome can be detected during anywhere from pre-puberty to adult age.  Sometimes the first manifestation is infertility work up in adults.

Question 5

how can i help my child discover her heritage if adopted from africa?

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Depends on age: Depending on age introduce your child's heritage to her by reading age appropriate books about her  country, showing it to her on a map,  and perhaps trying to contact a support group thru the internet.  The most important thing to convey to an adopted child is that some babies are born to their mothers, others are especially chosen, and the chosen ones are loved just as much as "born" children.

Question 6

is  possible to not discover an ebstein's anomaly until someone is 15yo?

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Yes: Ebstein's anomaly may be very mild and cause no symptoms.

Question 7

which symptoms caused you to see your dr., to discover high prolactin levels?

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Several: High prolactin can cause a number of symptoms especially in women.  The most common and notable is missed periods and infertility.  There can be milk or breast discharge and if due to a large tumor in the pituitary headaches, decreased libido or loss of peripheral vision.

Question 8

smoking has been around for thousands  of yrs & it's said it's no good. should science look at it closely to discover its beauty & may be good stuff?

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What good stuff?: Are you referring to the increased risk of cancer, the vascular disease, chronic cough, skin damage, ill effects that second hand smoke has on others, the addiction that develops, or some of the others that I have left out?

Question 9

how can i discover my allergies?

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Testing: By skin or serum testing which is consistent with your clinical history.

Question 10

when did doctors first discover mrsa?

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Late 1800's: Staph aureus has been first identified and described in late 1800' s. Methicillin resistant Staph aureus is an evolved strain that have become resistant to Penicillins and it was initially associated with hospital infections, probably first described in mid 1900's, nowadays becoming common in community acquired infections.

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