Wilson Disease

Wilson disease is a rare innate disorder that causes your body to keep copper. Normally, your liver release copper it doesn't need into bile, a digestive fluid. With Wilson disease, this does not occur. Copper builds up in your liver and injures liver hankie. Over time, the harm causes your liver to free the copper straight into your bloodstream. The blood carries copper all over your body. Too much copper can harm your kidneys, liver, brain and eye.

Usually the build-up of copper start after delivery. Symptoms usually start amid ages 6 and 20, but can begin as late as age 40. The most trait sign is a rusty brown ring about the cornea of the eye.

If you have Wilson illness, you will have to take drug and follow a low-copper diet for the rest of your life. With early detection and proper action, a person with Wilson disease can enjoy usual health.

Wilms' Tumor

Wilms' tumor is a rare kind of kidney cancer that affects children. It causes a tumor on one or both kidneys. Having certain inherited conditions or birth defects can add to the risk of developing Wilms' tumor. Children who are at risk must be screened for Wilms' tumor every three months awaiting they turn eight.

Possible signs of a kidney tumor contain a lump in the abdomen and blood in the urine. The tumor is usually diagnosed and detached in surgery. Other treatments take in chemotherapy, radiation, biologic therapy or a mixture. Biologic therapy, or immunotherapy, boosts your body's own aptitude to fight cancer. Most children through Wilms' tumor can be cure.