Treatment Approaches For Noonan Syndrome

Noonan syndrome is a genetic disorder that, while it is not always immediately identified, an individual is born with. The syndrome varies in severity and therefore is not always diagnosed. About half the number of patients who are diagnosed with the syndrome have a parent who has the disorder, so it can be inherited. This means a new mutation of a gene afflicted the rest of the patients. Noonan syndrome causes facial deformities, growth and development problems, and heart defects. Even though a damaged gene cannot be repaired, there are some ways to minimize the symptoms and conditions Noonan syndrome can cause.