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A birth defect [a] is an abnormal condition that is present at birth, regardless of its cause. [2] Birth defects may result in disabilities that may be physical, intellectual, or developmental. [2]
778.1 Sclerema neonatorum; 778.2 Cold injury syndrome of newborn; 778.3 Other hypothermia of newborn; 778.4 Other disturbances of temperature regulation of newborn; 778.5 Other and unspecified edema of newborn; 778.6 Congenital hydrocele; 778.7 Breast engorgement in newborn; 778.8 Other specified conditions involving the integument of fetus and ...
[3] There are well over 6,000 known genetic disorders, [4] and new genetic disorders are constantly being described in medical literature. [5] More than 600 genetic disorders are treatable. [6] Around 1 in 50 people are affected by a known single-gene disorder, while around 1 in 263 are affected by a chromosomal disorder. [7]
In developed countries, the average birth weight of a full-term newborn is approximately 3.4 kg (7 + 1 ⁄ 2 lb), and is typically in the range of 2.7–4.6 kg (6.0–10.1 lb). Over the first 5–7 days following birth, the body weight of a term neonate decreases by 3–7%, [8] [failed verification] and is largely a result of the resorption and ...
Unlike YPLL, these measurements show the burden imposed on people who are very sick, but who live a normal lifespan. A disease that has high morbidity, but low mortality, has a high DALY and a low YPLL. In 2004, the World Health Organization calculated that 1.5 billion disability-adjusted life years were lost to disease and injury. [41]
A designer baby is a baby whose genetic makeup has been selected or altered, often to exclude a particular gene or to remove genes associated with disease. [1] [2] This process usually involves analysing a wide range of human embryos to identify genes associated with particular diseases and characteristics, and selecting embryos that have the desired genetic makeup; a process known as ...
The estimated community prevalence, which takes into account the observation that many people have more than one autoimmune disease, was 4.5% overall, with 2.7% for males and 6.4% for females. [74] A 2024 estimate was that 1 in 15 people in the U.S. had at least one autoimmune disease. [76]
Studies conducted to estimate the amount of cadmium exposure necessary to develop Itai-Itai disease found permissible lifetime cadmium intake (LCD) levels for humans to be 1.7 to 2.1 g. When Itai-Itai disease was first being recognized in just 5% of the affected population, LCD levels are estimated to have already been at 2.6 g. [13]