Glossary for Premature aging

Medical terms related to Premature aging or mentioned in this section include:

• Aging: The medical conditions from getting older.
• Baldness: Loss of scalp hair
• Cockayne syndrome: A rare genetic disorder characterized by a senile-like appearance, hearing and vision impairment and sun sensitive skin.
• De Barsy Syndrome: A rare inherited disorder characterized by loose, inelastic skin, involuntary limb movements, cloudy corneas and other abnormalities.
• Down Syndrome: A chromosome syndrome causing physical effects and mental retardation.
• Geroderma osteodysplastica: A rare connective tissue disorder characterized mainly by elastic skin, a prematurely aged facial appearance and abnormal calcification of bones causing them to break easily.
• Hutchinson Gilford Syndrome: A rare genetic disorder characterized by alopecia and senile-like appearance.
• Hypothyroidism: The decreased activity of the thyroid gland
• Lower limb anomaly - ureteral obstruction: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by an obstructed ureter and a leg anomaly.
• Premature Birth: Early delivery of a fetus (before 37th week).
• Premature aging in children:
• Premature aging, Okamoto type: A form of premature aging.
• Progeria: A rare fatal genetic disorder characterized by extremely premature aging.
• Progeroid syndrome, neonatal: A rare congenital condition characterized by poor growth, aged facial appearance, and mental retardation. Death occurs usually by 6 years of age.
• Rajab-Spranger syndrome: A rare syndrome characterized mainly by a skin fat disorder, mental retardation and deafnes.
• Smoking: The smoking of cigarettes
• Spastic paraplegia 23: A rare disorder characterized mainly by progressive stiffness and weakness of the leg muscles, premature graying, characteristic facial appearance and a skin pigmentation anomaly. Pigmentation anomalies usually start from the age of 6 months and leg problems may be noticed around the middle of the first decade.
• Tough skin: Excessive toughening or scaling of skin.
• Tropical sprue: A rare digestive disease where the small intestine can't absorb nutrients properly.
• Werner syndrome: A form of premature aging where sufferers start aging during adolescence or soon after and appear old by the time they reach their 30's or 40's. Milder forms of the condition may also occur.
• Xylosylprotein 4-beta-galactosyltransferase (XGPT) deficiency: A variant of the connective tissue disorder called Ehlers-Danlos. It is caused by a deficiency of galactosyltransferase I.

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