Medical Fact Sheet

Reye's syndrome (Page 64)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reye%27s_syndrome

A cataract is a clouding of the eye's natural lens, which lies behind the iris and the pupil.

The lens is mostly made of water and protein.

As we age, some of the protein may clump together and start to cloud a small area of the lens. This is a cataract.

http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/cataracts.htm

Cleft Palate (Page 82)

Oral-facial clefts are birth defects in which the tissues of the mouth or lip don't form properly during fetal development.

A child with a cleft lip or palate tends to be more susceptible to colds, hearing loss, and speech defects. Dentalproblems - such as missing, extra, malformed, or displaced teeth, and cavities - also are common in children born with cleft palate.

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/medical/ears/cleft_lip_palate.html

Behavior Modification (Page 98)

Behavior modificationis the use of empirically demonstrated behavior change techniques to improve behavior, such as altering an individual's behaviors and reactions to stimuli through positive and negative reinforcement of adaptive behavior and/or the reduction of maladaptive behavior through positive and negative punishment."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior_modification

Stickler's syndrome: (Page 130)

Stickler syndrome, also known as hereditary arthroophthalmopathy, is a multisystem disorder that can affect the eyes and ears, skeleton and joints, and craniofacies. Symptoms may include myopia, cataract, and retinal detachment; hearing loss that is both conductive and sensorineural; midfacial underdevelopment and cleft palate; and mild spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia and/or arthritis.

http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/stickler-syndrome

Scoliosis (Page 131)

Everyone's spine has natural curves. These curves round our shoulders and make our lower back curve slightly inward. Some people have spines that also curve from side to side. Unlike poor posture, these curves cannot be corrected simply by learning to stand up straight. This condition of side-to-side spinal

curves is called scoliosis.

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00236&return_link=0

Allergies (Page 170)

Allergies are abnormal immune system reactions to things that are typically harmless to most people. When you're allergic to something, your immune system mistakenly believes that this substance is harmful to your body. (Substances that cause allergic reactions, such as certain foods, dust, plant pollen, or medicines, are known as allergens.) In an attempt to protect the body, the immune system produces IgE antibodiesto that allergen. Those antibodies then cause certain cells in the body to release chemicals into the bloodstream, one of which is histamine (pronounced: his-tuh-meen).

The histamine then acts on a person's eyes, nose, throat, lungs, skin, or gastrointestinal tract and causes the symptoms of the allergic reaction.

http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/allergies_immune/allergies.html