extremely scared about having marfan's syndrome and enophthalmos?

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Question: what is Marfan syndrome really?

Answer 1

MARFAN'S SYNDROME: Marfan's sysdrome is a cnnective tissue anomally with ocular, skeletal and cardiovascular abnormalities. It is inherited as autosomal dominant.

Answer 2

Get confirmation: If a primary care doctor tells a person he has Marfan syndrome, the person should see a geneticist to confirm the diagnosis. If confirmed, he can get more information from the national Marfan foundation website. He should also see specialists, such as a cardiologist to check the heart and aorta, an ophthalmologist to check the eyes, etc... He can notify his relatives to check their aortas, etc...

Answer 3

Marfan expert: The most serious common complications of Marfan syndrome are cardiac (aortic aneurysm, mitral valve disease) so an important part of your team should be a cardiologist who is an expert in Marfan syndrome. You should have regular echocardiograms to monitor for cardiac complications. Probably you should take either a beta blocker and/or an angiotensin receptor blocker. Also, see a geneticist.

Answer 4

Having the features: Features suggestive of Marfan syndrome include: above-average height, long arms, long fingers, flat feet, high-arched palate, narrow face, crowded teeth, small lower jaw, pectus carinatum (pigeon chest), pectus excavatum (sunken chest), hunchback (hunchback), scoliosis (crooked back), hypermobile/hyperflexible joints, etc... A person with several of these features can see a doctor for evaluation.

Answer 5

Get Checked: There are many possible issues related to Marfan and very specific criteria (ghent criteria) that need to be met. There are far too many potential issues to list here. Please discuss your specific issues with your physician(s).

Answer 6

Yes: Marfan's syndrome patients die from complications of aortic valve widening. If this is treated with inderal, (propranolol) progression is slower and patients live longer. In addition, if heart valve surgey is performed electivelly patients live longer. Untrated patients have a life span of 32 years.

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It depends : Patients with unrecognized Marfan syndrome or patients with known Marfan syndrome who do not receive appropriate medical care can have a shortened life span. The most typical threat to long life is aortic dissection and rupture. If appropriate surveillance for development of aortic aneurysm is performed, though, followed by heart surgery with significant aneurysm, lifespan can be long.

Answer 8

Not sure: Data is not readily available regarding what percentage of Marfan syndrome patients are mild, moderate, or severe.

Answer 9

Cause Is The Same: All causes of Marfan's syndrome are genetic. There are not severe and mild causes.

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Not recommended: Marfan's syndrome can affect the support structure of the lens and the corneal stability. Sometimes the lens may fall back in the eye requiring cataract surgery and lasik can make this more difficult. Generally we recommend lasik only on healthy eyes with a long-term stable outlook.

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Not usually: Marfan's snydrome affects the collagen in the body. In addition to risk of lens problems, the cornea (which is made mostly of collagen) can remain unstable throughout life. This can cause prescription changes after lasik, as well as other corneal problems. It is not recommended to have laser vision correction in patients with marfan's.

Answer 12

Unlikely: Marfan' s can cause several eye problems that may be aggravated by lasik. An internal lens problem is more common in marfan's and can be a cause of decreased vision that lasik will not correct.

Answer 13

Maybe: Lasik can be performed in patients with marfan's syndrome if the ocular exam is completely normal and thd prescription is stable.

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Wait: Marfan syndrome causes problems with collagen throughout the body. LASIK is done on the cornea which is stabilized by types of collagen. A procedure called Corneal Collagen Crosslinking (CCX) is being done to strengthen the cornea in pre and post LASIK and PRK eyes for conditions such as corneal ectasia and early keratoconus. Marfan syndrome may soon be an area of research for CCX.

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