Childhood dementia, a rare, heartbreaking genetic disorder, affects 700,000 kids globally. Early diagnosis is crucial for access to experimental treatments, while research focuses on gene therapy for life-saving solutions.
Confusingly, each of the 13 CLN diseases has different symptoms, so reaching a diagnosis can be a challenge that takes years. For example,of CLN2 involve seizures and what appears to be delayed speech. Other conditions can also cause these symptoms, so children with CLN2 often don’t receive a diagnosis for two or more years.
of the child’s life. The CLN14 gene, for example, is associated with infantile-onset. The child may seem to be developing normally, but then they begin to regress after 10 months of age. They pass milestones like being able to sit up on their own but then lose these abilities. Children with infantile-onset tend to die in early childhood.Some CLN diseases, like CLN2, don’t show symptoms until the toddler years .
Some CLN types, like Batten’s Disease , show symptoms when the child is school-aged, often between five and seven years old. In these instances, the child will have normal cognitive and physical development in their early years.
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