Retts Syndrome
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In 1966 an Austrian physician, Dr. Andres Rett, identified the syndrome now known as Rett Syndrome. Rett Syndrome, also known as RS and RTT, is a debilitating neurological and genetic disorder which effects 1 in 10,000 females.
RS has many symptoms; all can vary in severity, although all of them do not appear until the child is about 10 to 18 months. Thus, the child appears normal until this age. At 10 to 18 months the symptoms start to appear. The symptoms occur in 4 stages starting with Stage I, or early onset. In early onset the symptoms are vague but include having less eye contact with others and losing interest in toys, along with delays in acquiring motor skills such as sitting or crawling. This stage can last from a few months to more then a year.
In stage II or the rapid destructive stage the symptoms are shown between the ages of 1 to 4 and can last for weeks or months...