Krabbe Disese
Kristen Reynolds
Noninfectious Disease
Krabbe Disease is a rare, often fatal disorder that affects the myelin sheath of the nervous system. It is caused by a shortage enzyme. It can also destroy brain cells. Krabbe Disease is mostly found in young children.
Symptoms of Krabbe Disease:
Hearing loss that leads to deafness, failure to thrive, feeding difficulties, irritability and sensibility to loud sounds, severe seizures, unexplained fevers, vision loss that leads to blindness, and vomiting.
Krabbe Disease
This picture shows the disease itself and the green arrow is pointing to the Krabbe Disease.
The Brain
This picture is showing the brain and how the Krabbe Disease taking over the brain cells and destroying the brain cells.
The kid with Krabbe Disease
This picture is showing a little girl with Krabbe Disease.
Treatment/Prevention for Krabbe Disease
There is no cure for Krabbe Disease. Results have been found that the disease progression stabilized faster in patients who receive cord blood compared to those who receive adult bone marrow. There is no prevention for Krabbe Disease.
Fun Facts:
- Krabbe Disease is generally fatal before the age of two.
- it is characterized by the presence of globiod cells (cells that have more than one nucleus).
- If you have a child under the age of two and they have Krabbe Disease they will usually die before the age of two.
- It affects the Central Nervous System.
- Krabbe Disease affects about 1 in every 100,000 people in the United States.