I am a psychotherapist who has a patient who has been diagnosed with "De George Syndrome". I am looking for information concerning the symptoms and the management as well as prognosis of the syndrome.

shygrneyzs

Are you spelling it right? There is DiGeorge Syndrome:

DiGeorge syndrome
Genes and disease provides short descriptions of inherited disorders. It is hosted
by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), ...
DiGeorge syndrome


eMedicine - DiGeorge Syndrome : Article by Iftikhar Hussain
Conditions associated with DiGeorge syndrome are 22q11 deletion syndromes,
velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS or Shprintzen.
eMedicine - DiGeorge Syndrome : Article by Iftikhar Hussain


DiGeorge Syndrome
Detailed information on DiGeorge syndrome, including causes, features, diagnosis,
and treatment.
DiGeorge Syndrome

pkdisme

Thank you for your prompt response...I have investigated the www.site and the info and I wonder if the mother gave me the correct information. My patient has none of the physical symptoms described...interesting...thanx again.

shygrneyzs

I did find this post by a member of the Help Desk, about her child who is diagnosed with Degeorge Syndrome:

http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/disabil...eorge+syndrome

pkdisme

I appreciate your guidance. This is a GREAT www.site. I feel fortunate to have stumbled across it.

I have investigated further and read the posts from the others and I believe that my patient's mother has probably been misguided or has misunderstood her child's diagnosis. NONE of the symptoms described appear to be present in the child to whom I am referring.

If I find any information which is in anyway pertinent I will post it asap.

Thank you again.

shygrneyzs

You are most welcome. If I come across anything else, I will let you know.

bridie butts

My son has this syndrome he has all the heart problems hes deaf in 1 ear he gets obseesed with certain things ie doctor who , disney but speaking to other people with this condition he sounds nothing like them this is a very complex condition & quite confusing as there is so much that this conditon entails sometimes people with this condition get mental health problems at puberty like manic depression scitzophrenia etc, please god my son will not have these! I know that if you contacted the discevery team at Dyscovery they could give you some good info on this condition I cant see how they can diagnose this he either has it or hasn't only a blood test to check chromozone 22 can detct this.

TABBYSDAD

we had our baby girl checked when she was born and the test came back neg ,she was also born with tetralogy of fallot a rare heart condition ,she has had oh surgery to repair ,all has gone well but it was very hard to deal with.at her last heart check up we told her doc about the signs we were having with her .not talking not paying attention getting attached to certain toys ,mouthing toys alot .so were going to have her checked again for degeorge again ,her doc said the test we had done 4 years ago may have not been accurate.degeorge syndrome is linked with hearyt defects ,from what I have read .
put me on you buddy list would like to talk more

AWC59

Our son was diagnosed about 7 years ago, and as others have stated the disease has wide spread problems. We have used Children's Hospital in Philadelphia (CHIP) as our resource. They have a wonderful Genetic Team, many who have published on this.

I wish you and your patient the best, it is a rollar coaster of issues, problems and sleepless nights for parents.

TABBYSDAD

what types of problems, our baby girl does nt talk at all she makes noises and laughs sometimes has problems sleeping ,but hat could be the train thats not to far away .she likes to hit and when she gets mad she will bump her head.