| This is a rare congenital disease. Adams Oliver | | | | suffering from this condition. It is also been noticed |
| syndrome first came to light back in 1945 and | | | | that there is a lot of variation in the severity of the |
| fortunately it is a somewhat rare condition. Individuals | | | | symptoms between families that are suffering or |
| suffering from this condition will have several visible | | | | have family members suffering with it. |
| signs for example there could be things wrong with | | | | The major common occurrence as far as symptoms |
| their fingers and toes or the arms and legs may not | | | | go is the variation in abnormalities and most often |
| be normal. These physical signs will vary quite a bit | | | | doesn't occur the same on both sides. It's the lower |
| amongst individual people. | | | | part of the legs that are affected as opposed to the |
| Some will only have a mild case while others will be | | | | upper. The symptoms could be very minor such as |
| quite severe. In newborn infants with this condition, | | | | missing a toenail or can be very severe such as |
| the scalp defects are noticeable right at birth. If the | | | | missing a whole limb. Other similar symptoms for |
| condition is really bad one might see that the bones | | | | Adams Oliver syndrome are webbing of the skin of |
| are defected in the skull plus individuals with this | | | | the fingers and toes for example. |
| disease will quite often have malformation of their | | | | There have been many side effects noted to this |
| hands, arms, feet and legs. These could be | | | | condition such as vascular problems then there have |
| abnormalities such as short fingers and toes that are | | | | been some reports of individual suffering from this |
| really noticeable or not having any hands or lower | | | | syndrome are quite short in stature and in some |
| legs at all. | | | | extremely rare cases mental retardation has been |
| Along with theses, afflictions there are several other | | | | reported as one of the side effects. |
| abnormalities that can be present with Adams Oliver | | | | As was previously mentioned the treatment for this |
| syndrome. When it comes to treatment for this | | | | devastating affliction lies with treating the |
| disease most of the emphasis is put on the specific | | | | abnormalities that the condition causes. The purpose |
| symptoms that each individual person is suffering | | | | is to increase the quality of life by making every |
| from. | | | | effort to lessen the effects of Adams Oliver |
| It would seem that there is a high bit possibility of | | | | syndrome and the restrictions it causes. |
| having congenital heart disease for those that are | | | | |