Progeria
Progeria 2014
Progeria
Submitted To:
Ms. Sasmita Swain
Submitted by:
Aiswarya Mishra
BASS 2nd year
Roll no 4
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
1
Progeria 2014
Content
Introduction
3
Rationale
4
Objective
5
What is progeria
6
Causes
6
Symptoms
8
Treatment
9
Mental condition of children suffering from progeria
11
Mental condition of the family of the patient
11
Some progeria patients
12
Case study
13
Discussion and conclusion
15
References
16
2
Progeria 2014
Introduction
A very rare disease in this world which affects 1 in four million people is Progeria. Till today 100 cases are diagnosed with progeria all over the world and there could be more.
Progeria is a genetically dominant disease which is cause by a single mutation in DNA resulting in production of Progerin. For people, they have different perception to see this disease such as some people see it as something weird or some are quite sympathetic towards these children and some fear to these children. In this report, I would like to talk about the details of Progeria, its symptoms, researches done for it till today with some example of progeria patient. I will also be talking about a case of 14 year old girl suffering from progeria.
3
Progeria 2014
Rationale
Progeria is a very sensitive disease in which parents get to know that their child is going to live for 14 to 18 years. It is really very hard for them. But while searching for this topic the positive attitude of parents and children suffering from Progeria inspired me a lot. And then I decided to choose this as my topic of research for psychology though it is a genetic disease. This made me to read more about them along with the mental condition of children and parents while dealing with the world.
4
Progeria 2014
Objective
With Progeria as my topic which is a very rare disease in this world, I tried to learn all
Progeria
Submitted To:
Ms. Sasmita Swain
Submitted by:
Aiswarya Mishra
BASS 2nd year
Roll no 4
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
1
Progeria 2014
Content
Introduction
3
Rationale
4
Objective
5
What is progeria
6
Causes
6
Symptoms
8
Treatment
9
Mental condition of children suffering from progeria
11
Mental condition of the family of the patient
11
Some progeria patients
12
Case study
13
Discussion and conclusion
15
References
16
2
Progeria 2014
Introduction
A very rare disease in this world which affects 1 in four million people is Progeria. Till today 100 cases are diagnosed with progeria all over the world and there could be more.
Progeria is a genetically dominant disease which is cause by a single mutation in DNA resulting in production of Progerin. For people, they have different perception to see this disease such as some people see it as something weird or some are quite sympathetic towards these children and some fear to these children. In this report, I would like to talk about the details of Progeria, its symptoms, researches done for it till today with some example of progeria patient. I will also be talking about a case of 14 year old girl suffering from progeria.
3
Progeria 2014
Rationale
Progeria is a very sensitive disease in which parents get to know that their child is going to live for 14 to 18 years. It is really very hard for them. But while searching for this topic the positive attitude of parents and children suffering from Progeria inspired me a lot. And then I decided to choose this as my topic of research for psychology though it is a genetic disease. This made me to read more about them along with the mental condition of children and parents while dealing with the world.
4
Progeria 2014
Objective
With Progeria as my topic which is a very rare disease in this world, I tried to learn all