Hey! So the disease that I was assigned was Wilson's disease. This disease is where there is too much copper found in the body's tissue. You can't catch this disease, it is inherited. It is autosomal recessive (not on the x chromosome.) Wilson's disease is most common in eastern Europeans, Sicilians, and southern Itialians. When too much copper is in the body, it is stored in the liver, brian, kidneys, and the cornells of the eyes. The copper damages these tissues, and causes them to function improperly. Sympotms include weakness, slow movements, confusion, and uncontrollable movements. Long term affects are severe disabilities. Signs are a damaged nervous system, resulting in confusion and loss of cordination. If the disease spreads to your eyes, signs include limited movements of the eye. The first step in recovery is to reduce the amount of copper in your tissues. Then it is to change your diet to a low copper diet. This means reducing the intake of choocolate, or any other high copper foods. Then the last step is to treat any nercous system or liver damage. Medication is used to get copper to bind to kidneys, and washed out of the body. The two medicines used are called D- penicillamine and Trientine. Wilson's disease is diangosed through lab tests and physical exams. It's prevalance in society is very rare. One is 30,000 people are diagnosed with Wilson's diesease according to the America Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology.
This is about Wilson's disease.
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