age of onset of dercums
The resulting estimates was fairly uniformly ten years shy of the facts. For the middle ages, the implication is that the estimated age expectancy of the middle ages is that it would have been estimated as too low by several years if the estimate is based on archeology. Common symptoms reported by people with Dercum's Disease. Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, insomnia, fatigue, and pain) regardless of condition. Dercum’s disease, also known as adiposis dolorosa, is a rare disorder characterized by multiple, painful growths consisting of fatty tissue, called lipomas. They mainly occur on the trunk, the upper arms and upper legs and are found just below the skin. Complete remission occurs in 70 - 80% of patients. Overall, about 33% of persons under age 65 survive free of disease at 5 years from diagnosis. This 5-year survival rate drop…s dramatically (4%) in those older than 65. In general, patients who are younger have a better chance of survival than older patients. Adiposis dolorosa affects mainly women of 25-40 years, but can make its appearance at any age. Much suggests a dominant line of inheritance (13, 14), particularly strong in the line great grandmother-mother-daughter. The disease is approximately twenty times more prevalent amongst women than men. Dercum is one of the few neurologists who has had a disease called after him, adiposis dolorosa. The first case was described in 1888 at a meeting in Washington of the American Neurological Association. It was published in the University Medical Magazine in the same year (3). 0 evaluations from Dercum's Disease patients report moderate effectiveness of Amphetamine-Dextroamphetamine for Dercum's Disease (0%) 1 evaluation from a Dercum's Disease patient reports slight effectiveness of Amphetamine-Dextroamphetamine for Dercum's Disease (100%) About a third of the people died as infants, rather than as children, and the this produces different numbers. If you survived to the age of two, your life expectancy was to the early to mid fifties. A show on BBC (sorry, I forget the name) told about a study of bodies retrieved from the crypt of a church for reburial. Dercum’s disease affects females more often than males with some reports citing the disease is as 20 times more common in women. Dercum’s disease can affect individuals of any age. The majority of cases are women between the ages of 45-60, especially overweight, postmenopausal women. Although an extremely rare occurrence, it has been reported in children. The prevalence of Dercum’s disease is unknown. Pain increases with the increase in fatty tissue. Generally the pain increases in connection with menstruation. Before the onset of the disease, there is usually only slight obesity, but in a short time overweight develops, usually 50 per cent over the normal weight for the age.
It mainly women of 25-40 years.