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Life Hacks

This section contains articles on various issues relating to everyday life with PCH2, explaining the symptoms of the condition and offering advice on how to deal with them.

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Incidence and Inheritance

Inheritance

PCH2A is very rare disease. In Germany, approximately one in every 100,000 births is affected. Inheritance Human genetic information (DNA) is found “tidied up” in so-called chromosomes within a cell….

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Apnea

Symptoms

The word apnea comes from Greek apnoia, which means non-breathing. Apnea is therefore a stoppage of breathing. This stoppage of breathing can last just a few seconds up to a…

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Sleep Disorders

Symptoms

Sleep problems are very common in (small) children. This is considered normal in the first year of life, as the sleep-wake cycle is still developing and waking up at night…

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Motor Disorder

Symptoms

A motor disorder in the form of frequent, involuntary movements and a significant impairment of voluntary motor skills is one of the main symptoms of PCH2. Different Movement Patterns This…

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