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Can a child present with FAS, dFAS or FAE who doesn’t have small head circumference, low birth weight, stu?

  • Posted on September 12, 2010 at 2:18 pm

My step-daughter is almost four with a very bad temper. While her sister is quite attractive, they look nothing alike. Their mother hid the entire pregnancy and binge drank vodka. The child is almost four now and still has screaming fits. She is easily angered. She bites herself and grabs her own head in anger. She has epicanthal folds, and something looks off about her face-like somewhat underdeveloped. When it came to birth weight she was normal-more than 7 lbs. Also, her growth doesn’t appear stunted at all. Her speech seems a bit under-developed however. I know some impediments are normal and the inability to pronounce some letters as well. However she seems to fail at annunciating properly a lot of her words. You can understand what she is saying but it sounds muffled. The father has the children five days a week. The mother binge drank vodka on mulitple about four occasions(well those that was the # of witnessed incidents) during the second half of pregnancy. He is not even sure he is the father seeing as not only did the mother cheat, she did not seek out any medical attention throughout the pregnancy. Her Dad brought her to an assessment group at a well-known hospital and they ruled it out but some of the people he was seeing were still students with pending pHDs-not medical students. Also I have read a dysmorphologist is needed to distinguish characteristics. I wish I knew a dysmorphologist.
I’m talking about Fetal Alchol Syndrome.

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Can a child present with FAS, dFAS or FAE who doesn’t have small head circumference, low birth weight, stu?

  • Posted on September 11, 2010 at 8:18 pm

My step-daughter is almost four with a very bad temper. While her sister is quite attractive, they look nothing alike. Their mother hid the entire pregnancy and binge drank vodka. The child is almost four now and still has screaming fits. She is easily angered. She bites herself and grabs her own head in anger. She has epicanthal folds, and something looks off about her face-like somewhat underdeveloped. When it came to birth weight she was normal-more than 7 lbs. Also, her growth doesn’t appear stunted at all. Her speech seems a bit under-developed however. I know some impediments are normal and the inability to pronounce some letters as well. However she seems to fail at annunciating properly a lot of her words. You can understand what she is saying but it sounds muffled. The father has the children five days a week. The mother binge drank vodka on mulitple about four occasions(well those that was the # of witnessed incidents) during the second half of pregnancy. He is not even sure he is the father seeing as not only did the mother cheat, she did not seek out any medical attention throughout the pregnancy. Her Dad brought her to an assessment group at a well-known hospital and they ruled it out but some of the people he was seeing were still students with pending pHDs-not medical students. Also I have read a dysmorphologist is needed to distinguish characteristics. I wish I knew a dysmorphologist.
I’m talking about Fetal Alchol Syndrome.

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Good Wrap Around Knee Braces – Special Report On Knee Bracing

  • Posted on July 2, 2009 at 7:15 am

Are you online looking for the best wrap around knee brace?

Why This Knee Brace Style Exists Today

Often times, people will look for a knee support based upon their size and shape. What we mean by this, is that people will need to find a knee support that will fit well to not only their knee, but also their thigh an calf as well.

Wrap around knee braces are helpful for individuals that have what is considered to be a different leg, knee and calf circumference. – This is significant for people, for several reasons!

Swelling Issues

Many times people will have a fluctuation in size due to swelling in and around their knee joint. – A wrap around knee support will give you more of an opportunity to adjust your brace if you ever go up or down in size, or if you want to wear it more loose or snug.

Your Thigh, Knee, and Calf Are Not Common Sizes

If this is the case then a wrap around knee brace can be great for you as well. For example, if your thigh is larger than “the norm” and your knee is “average” while your calf area is quite thin, then you may have problems trying to find a “standard” knee brace. The reason for this difficulty is not because you have a “bad” knee shape, but it is because brace manufacturers make braces based on what they consider to be a “normal” size. – If you anatomical size is not quite the “norm” then these braces will help accommodate your features.

Adjustable

When it comes down to it, if you like your knee brace more snug sometimes, or you like it a little bit looser, for whatever reason, then these braces are great for that… Usually, there is an open knee cap area, and you can also ask for an open “popliteal” area as well. This refers to the area that is located on the back of your leg, opposite the level of your knee cap. – Sometimes people like that because when they bend their knee, they will say that they do not become disturbed by any excess material that may or may not “bunch up” there.

The Benefits of Support

Many times when you improve your knee stability with a well designed knee brace then you will be able to reduce your knee pain as well. Well designed knee supports can help you protect your knee from getting worse, or help protect you from ever hurting your knee’s structural integrity.

The Knee Brace Shop
If you would like to take your knee stability to the next level (affordably) then visit us online today at http://www.drbraceco.com Dr. Brace Co. is an education based site, created by true brace specialists, that can provide helpful information and meaningful support for your knee. If you have questions come to our site and let us know. We will respond.

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