Conditions / Syndrome
Prader-Willi syndrome
info · Syndrome · ICD-10: Q87.11
A chromosomal disease that is characterized by weak muscle tone, feeding difficulties, poor growth, and delayed development. Beginning in childhood, affected individuals develop an insatiable appetite, which leads to chronic overeating and obesity.
Signs and symptoms
- Intellectual disability
- Neonatal hypotonia
- Cryptorchidism
- Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
- Short foot
- Failure to thrive in infancy
- Short stature
- Generalized hypotonia
- Narrow palm
- Specific learning disability
Medications that may treat it
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Also known as: Prader Willi syndrome