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Niemann-Pick Type C
What is it?
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The name Niemann-Pick
originated from two German
pediatricians
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Albert Niemann was the
doctor who first identified
Type A in 1914
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and Ludwick Pick identified
Type B in 1927
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Niemann-Pick disease is
somewhat like Alzheimer’s
Disease
It is sometimes referred to as The
Childhood Alzheimer's
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People with Niemann-Pick Type
C are unable to metabolize
cholesterol in lysosomes
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Because of this, extreme
amounts of cholesterol
collect
Within the spleen, liver and brain
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Niemann- Pick Type C usually
affects school age children
Although the disease can strike at any time
from early infancy to adulthood
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Symptoms include:
an enlarged spleen and/or liver,
jaundice, and difficulty with upward
and downward eye movements
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Other symptoms may include:
clumsiness, difficulty with walking,
difficulty with controlling limb movements
and slurred or irregular speech
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Learning difficulties,
inability to swallow and
other neurological
abnormalities:
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Life expectancy for this disease
is variable depending on the
severity of the symptoms.
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In spite of this, life
expectancy after diagnosis is
only 6 - 10 years.
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the battles against heart disease, Alzheimer's,
stroke and seizure disorders
Niemann-Pick Type C is
believed to be an important link
in
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Children rarely live to see
their 15th birthday.
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Play with us in the Virginia
Beach 2011 Kickball Open
and help support Autumn and the Starr Fund
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