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 * Inquiry Topic: || Neurofibromatosis ||
 * Inquiry Guiding Questions: || What is Neurofibromatosis and what it does it do to your body. ||


 * < Interview With Kerry. || Synthesis and Summary of pertinent information.

-It creates Tumors in your body. - About half of all cases are inherited by a parent. -Tumors can create in eye, Brain, Arms, Legs, and other body parts. - There is no cure for NF1. - Tumors form on or just underneath skin. ||
 * < ======IS NF1 Deadly?======

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||= ======NF1 can not cause death but NF2 can causing other diseases.====== ||
 * < ======There is no cure or treatment for NF1, but surgery can remove tumors and correct malformed bones. In a very small percentage of cases, the tumors become cancerous. As in other cancers, these tumors are surgically removed and treated with chemotherapy or radiation (to kill cancer cells).======

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In about half of all cases, a person inherits the mutated gene from a parent. The disorder is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, which means that only one copy of the defective gene has to be inherited for a child to get the disorder. Each child of a parent with NF1 runs a 50 percent risk of getting the disorder.======

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In the other half of NF1 cases, a person will have no family history of the disease. The mutation is new and has likely occurred early in life (during the development of the embryo). The mutation will not be present in every cell of the person's body, just in some of them. But if it does happen to be in the germ cells (egg or sperm), the person can pass it on to their children. New mutations are so frequently the cause of NF1 because the NF1 gene is very large, making it more likely to accrue mutations.======

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|| There is no cure for NF1, but you can have the Tumors removed with surgery.

About 1/2 of all cases is inherited by a parent.

Every kid with a Mom or Dad with NF1 you have a 50% chance of having it.

If the parent does not have it the mutation is new and has likely happened during the development of the embryo. || The tumors are usually noncancerous (benign) and the disorder is usually mild. But effects of neurofibromatosis can range from hearing loss and learning impairment to cardiovascular complications and, in a few cases, cancer. Neurofibromatosis treatment aims to maximize healthy growth and development and to manage complications as soon as they arise. In cases in which neurofibromatosis causes large tumors or tumors that are pressing on a nerve, surgery may help ease symptoms. [] || Effects can range from hearing loss and learning impairment and cardiovascular complications. || There is no cure. Treatment is aimed at controlling symptoms. Depending on the type of disease and how bad it is, treatment may include surgery to remove tumors, radiation th [] || NF1 causes changes in the skin and deformed bones, this usually starts at birth.
 * < Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder that disrupts cell growth in your nervous system, causing tumors to form on nerve tissue. These tumors can occur anywhere in the nervous system, including in your brain, spinal cord, and large and small nerves. Neurofibromatosis is typically diagnosed in childhood or early adulthood.
 * < Type 1 (NF1) causes skin changes and deformed bones and usually starts at birth.

Treatment may include surgery to remove tumors. ||  Seizure disorder  Light brown spots (called cafa-au-lait spots) on the skin  Soft tumors, which may have a darker color  Growths (hamartomas) on the iris (called lisch nodules)  Tumor on the optic nerve that may affect vision (optic nerve gliomas)  Severe scoliosis (curved spine)  Deformed or enlarged bones other than the spine  Mild impairment of intellectual function, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and attention deficit disorder  Several tumors on the nerves of the brain and spine-most common are tumors that affect the nerves to the ears. hearing loss may begin as early as the teen years.
 * < Common Symptoms of Neurofibromatosis
 * < <span class="sub_header">Common Symptoms of Neurofibromatosis

[] || You can loose you're hearing in you're teen years.

When a tumor is on the Optic nerve it may affect you're hearing.

It can create a curved spine. ||
 * < <span class="sub_header">Neurofibromatosis Causes ||  ||

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