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Acheiropodia

Acheiropodia: Introduction

Acheiropodia: A rare birth defect where infants are born without hands or feet. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Acheiropodia is available below.

Symptoms of Acheiropodia

• Absence of hands
• Absence of feet
• more symptoms...»

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Acheiropodia?

• Misdiagnosis of Acheiropodia

Acheiropodia: Complications

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Causes of Acheiropodia

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Disease Topics Related To Acheiropodia

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Acheiropodia:

• Horn Kolb syndrome
• Autosomal recessive disorder
• Congenital defects
• Bilateral amputation
• Hemimelia
• Aplasia of the hands and feet
• Bilateral amputations
• more related diseases...»

Acheiropodia: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Nerve Disorders: serious diseases commonly undiagnosed:
  • Diabetic Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Peripheral Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Multiple Sclerosis -- Undiagnosed
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• Chronic Pain Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
  • Fibromyalgia -- Undiagnosed
  • Arthritis -- Undiagnosed
  • Chronic Pain Syndromes -- Undiagnosed
  • Migraine -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Acheiropodia

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Acheiropodia: Research Doctors & Specialists

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• Nerve Specialists:
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
• Pain Specialists:
  • Pain Medicine
  • Rheumatology (Arthritis / Joint Pain)
• Arthritis & Joint Health Specialists (Rheumatology):
  • Rheumatology (Joint Health)
  • Pediatric Rheumatology (Child Joint Health)
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Acheiropodia: Animations

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Statistics for Acheiropodia

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• Death and Mortality statistics for Acheiropodia
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Acheiropodia: Broader Related Topics

• Hand conditions
• Foot conditions
• Lower limb conditions
• Upper limb conditions
• Limb conditions
• more types...»

Types of Acheiropodia

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Definitions of Acheiropodia:

Acheiropodia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Acheiropodia, or a subtype of Acheiropodia, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Acheiropodia as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

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