Handigodu syndrome
| Handigodu syndrome | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Orthopedic |
Handigodu syndrome is a rare and painful
Symptoms and signs
Symptoms of the disease are an acute pain and swelling in the hips and knee joints. Some of the other characteristics of this disease are dwarfism from birth, deformation of the limbs after age seven and death as early as between 25 and 30 years or even younger.[4] Depending on the mobility of the affected patients, the disease has been identified with three severities: in mild to moderate cases, the patient is able to walk with difficulty, in severe cases mobility is very restricted, whereas in acute cases the limbs are bent and badly crippled making the patients crawl.[3]
Diagnosis
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Treatment
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Research
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History
Handigodu syndrome was first noticed by H M Chandrashekhar in the village of Handigodu during the years 1974–75.
Society and culture
A subsistence allowance is provided to the patients by the Government of Karnataka from the fund reserved for the physically challenged. Assistance has also been provided to construct houses for them. A special treatment unit has been set up in the Government Hospital at Sagar with an ambulance provided to shift the affected patients to the hospital.[4]
Notes
- ^ Divya Ramamurthi (13 September 2005). "This small family lives in painful isolation". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 28 November 2005. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
- ^ Veerendra P M. "CM juggernaut mows down another taboo". Online webpage of the Deccan Herald, dated 2007-05-19. 2007, The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd. Archived from the original on 21 May 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f g Pramod Mellegatti. "A disease that has left many crippled". Online webpage of the Hindu, dated 2002-01-18. 2002, The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 November 2002. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c d B. R. Srikanth. "Helping Handigodu Battle Its Unique Malady". Online webpage of the Outlook, 1999-01-18. © Outlook Publishing (India) Private Limited. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
- ^ S2CID 32602088.