Treatment
There are three types of Gaucher's. Type 1, 2, and 3. According to http://www.genome.gov/, "type 1 is the most common. Type two causes serious medical problems beginning in infancy, while Type 3 progresses more slowly than Type 2".
Scientists have not found a cure for this disease yet, but there are therapies and medicine that can slow down the disease.
Here are some treatments that can be used.
- Replacement Enzyme Therapy - For most type 1 and 3 patients: Dramatically decrease liver and spleen size, reduce skeletal abnormalities, and reserve other manifestations.
- Bone Marrow Translation - (Most common) Cures the non-neurological manifestations of the disease, because it introduces a monocle population with active beta-glucosidase.
- Medication - Zavesca
- Prognosis
Life Expectancy
- Type 1: 68 years. Gaucher's can occur at any time. If it happens during childhood, most won't live beyond 2 years old.
- Type 2: Death at child age.
- Type 3: Live into adult hood.
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