what disease does Webster or Gary Coleman have, why are they so small?
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Coleman was born with a congenital kidney disease causing nephritis (an autoimmune destruction of the kidney), which halted his growth at an early age, leading to a notably small stature (4' 8") which became his most distinguishing feature.
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what the h are you smoking......have a cousin more or less brain dead from this crap...and htere have been multiple studies showing the damage to oens lungs is far greater with Mj then tabacoo...but you keep it up...we need to thin out the gene pool anyway
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Poor diet, gland problems, genetic disorders, disease.
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yes, perhaps failer to thrive. where was she when she was born? if she was alwasy very small dont worry but if she has been going lower and lower on the graph then she needs to be seen by another docter cause the one she has is an idiot and should have done somthing to find out whats going on sooner. Good luck, hope it isnt anything major
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Hopefully it's not Mary Carey!\n\n...Or Gary Coleman.
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It is normaly associated with either drug use, or brain damage, no offence intended. But if you were born that way, it might be normal, just genetic blueprint glitch. You most probably have one leg longer than the other too. Most people do.
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People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) should not be given large doses of Oxygen because they rely on the build-up of CO2 to give them the drive to breathe. Giving them too much O2 can knock out their drive to breathe.
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yes, I heard of it.  Its an autoimmune disease.  Your skin begins to tighten on your hand and face I think.  It becomes hard to eat too, they have throat problems.  A lot of people that have it also have Raynaulds and have cold fingers and toes.  There are several blood test that a specialist can do to see if you have it.  So instead of worrying, get the blood test.
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not arthritis, possibly many things of which sarcoidosis is one. Does he smoke? possibly pneumonia? Has he had a chest x-ray or CT scan?  39 is not a terribly high sed rate and until you have more diagnostic info then you won't know what the problem is. See a good internist for further testing and find out if he needs a referral to a pulmonologist.
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Proper terminology would be Napoleon Syndrome,and yes it's possible.That's not to say that all short people suffer from this,but there is some scientific evidence that this exists.
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pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis\n\n- pretty sure it's a lung disease caused by volcanic ash. Believe it or not, I spelled this in 3rd grade :). My teacher was looking for the longest word in English to give me and I got it right! Still proud of that one ;) \n\nEDIT: it isn't appearing in full on here for some reason.
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Because ppl have small minds
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This is a good question and I recommend that you see the movie "Supersize Me", written, directed, and staring Morgan Spurlock.  The facts are very very disturbing.  While smoking USED to be the number one cause of preventable death in the US, it is now obesity!  This movie goes over and beyond in explaining the paradox behind the McDonald's company.  I repeat watch "SUPERSIZE ME"!\n\nBy the way that guy is totally WRONG...Morgan goes to actual doctors and health clinics...its not just a movie its a documentary you idiot!!!!!!
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disease...ha ha ha ha\n\numm just a part of growing up.
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Hi Frd_ngo!\nI've heard about the Dr. Edward Wiley. He's a good family man but has a bad habit at the race track. He welshed on a loan so, some goons had to be sent out to collect a payment. When the good doctor couldn't cough it up, they had to tie his fingers together in a most unpleasant way.\nMy girlfriend was unfortunate to be in the waiting room thumbing through the Ladies Home Journal when she had to witness the unfortunate events. I don't know if Dr. Edward Wiley is still practicing medicine or not.\nMason
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thier penises are smaller
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It would be extremely  unlikely though there is a genetic disorder called alpha-1 antitrysin deficiency that may cause someone with the deficiency to develope emphysema  before the age of 40. In the case of a newborn I don't think its ever developed that quickly so if there is a breathing problem with a baby I think most doctors would look for another cause before even considering this because its extremely unlikely. There may be birth defects which cause symtoms much like emphysema and these too are rare.Ultrasounds are valuable tools to help discover these and they are often treatable and reversible.