CANAVAN DISEASE

Normal paient (left) canavan paient (right)

• Tests
• Blood test,MRI head scan,CT head scan

OTHER NAMES

• Canavan-Van Bogaert-Bertrand Disease, Aspa Deficiency
• Spongey degeneration of white matter in infancy

CHROMOSOMES

• Autosomal
• The chromosome affected is chromosome 17
• The cause of the disorder is a disruption and/or changes
• The number or copies of the gene are disrupted

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

• Head grows rapidly
• Little if no control of head control
• Cannot crawl walk talk
• Seizures

NATURE OF DISSORDER

• Infants and children from jewish,German, and eastern europe decent
• Life expectancy is about 10 years old

CHALLENGES THEY FACE TO LIVE NORMALY

• Can't turn heads
• They must move in a wheel chair
• Cant talk
• Must take medication

TREATMENTS

• There is no cure for canavan disease
• Give them good food and water and meds for seizures

FUTURE TREATMENT

• Registering people to test drugs and new medicine

WORK CITED

• https://www.counsyl.com/services/family-prep-screen/diseases/canavan-diseas...
• http://www.canavanfoundation.org/about_canavan_disease