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- Wilson's Disease is a very rare disorder that causes copper to accumulate in your liver, brain, and other vital parts of the body.
- Some symptoms may include:yellowing of skin, fluid build up in legs,problems with speech or swallowing , or uncontrolled movement or stiffness, lack of appetite, fatigue, abdominal pain
- I have to take Penicillaine everyday in order to treat my Wilson's disease.
- Untreated, Wilson's Disease can be fatal. People with the disease take medicine everyday in order to live. Some may have such severe liver damage that they have to have a liver transplant surgery.
- Wilson's Disease can occur in any ethic group but it's most common in eastern Europeans, Sicilians, and southern Italians. The geographical origin is Europe.
- Wilson's disease is very rare in which it affects 1 in 300,000 individuals.
- Wilson's Disease is an autosomal recessive trait. This means that both parents have to carry the trait in order for the child to have a 25% of getting it as well. That's how rare it is.
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