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Hypertrichosis: A Genetic Disorder
Hypertrichosis: A Genetic Disorder
Works Cited
History
Localized acquired hypertrichosis
-caused by a variety of injuries like trauma, irritation or inflammation, which transform vellus hairs into coarse terminal hairs as a response to the local injury
"Causes, Signs and Symptoms of Hypertrichosis | Health." Before It's News. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2016. <http://beforeitsnews.com/health/2012/12/causes-signs-and-symptoms-of-hypertrichosis-2462088.html>.
"DermNet NZ." Hypertrichosis. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2016. <http://www.dermnetnz.org/hair-nails-sweat/hypertrichosis.html>.
"Information on Hypertrichosis and Excessive Hair Growth." Hypertrichosis Information and Details on Treatments. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2016. <http://www.hypertrichosis.com/>.
Staff, By Live Science. "'Werewolf' Gene May Explain Excess Hair Disorder." LiveScience. TechMedia Network, 03 June 2011. Web. 03 Mar. 2016. <http://www.livescience.com/14430-werewolf-disorder-gene-discovered-excess-hair.html>.
"Warewolf Syndrome." Hypertrichosis. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2016. <http://ashlandscience.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Hypertrichosis_(Werewolf_Syndrome)>.
- Hypertrichosis is also called “werewolf syndrome” or Ambras syndrome.
- Hypertrichosis was discovered by Aldrovandus in 1648.
Hypertrichosis
Generalized acquired hypertrichosis
Generalized congenital hypertrichosis
Localized congenital hypertrichosis
Inheritance
-commonly caused by drugs like phenytoin, cyclosporine A, and minoxidil among others
- caused by genetic mutations, and are extremely rare, unlike acquired forms
- a rare disorder where the luango hairs you generate in your mothers womb stay on your body after birth
- Can be inherited at birth
- Can be diagnosed later in life after having a certain type of cancer.
- Hypertrichosis is inherited at birth by having extra genes on a certain part of the X chromosome.
Nick Lazzara
7A
Science
3/17/16
How rare
What is Hypertrichosis
- it affects as few as one in a billion people
- less than 100 cases have been documented since the Middle Ages
- Hypertrichosis is a genetic disorder
- causes excessive hair growth over and above the normal for the age, sex and race of an individual, in contrast to hirsutism, which is excess hair growth in women following a male distribution pattern