Möbius syndrome , MBS (Abkürzung)

There is no single course of medical treatment or cure for Möbius syndrome.

Möbius syndrome does not prevent individuals from experiencing personal and professional success.

It is estimated that there are, on average, 2 to 20 cases of Möbius syndrome per million births.

His name is associated with Möbius syndrome, a disease he identified as "nuclear atrophy".

When a child is born with Möbius syndrome, there may be difficulty in closing the mouth or swallowing.

There could be many reasons that a vascular disruption leading to Möbius syndrome might occur.

Other symptoms that sometimes occur with Möbius syndrome are:

Möbius syndrome has been associated with increased occurrence of the symptoms of autism.

Also, the surgery cannot be considered a "cure" for Möbius syndrome, because it does not improve the ability to form other facial expressions.

The causes of Möbius syndrome are poorly understood.

Also, because a person with Möbius syndrome cannot follow objects by moving their eyes from side to side, they turn their head instead.

However, with speech therapy, most people with Möbius syndrome can develop understandable speech.

The use of cocaine (which also has vascular effects) has been implicated in Möbius syndrome.

People with Möbius syndrome can compensate for a lack of expression by using body language, posture, and vocal tone to convey emotion.

People with Möbius syndrome are born with facial paralysis and the inability to move their eyes laterally.

Möbius syndrome is thought to result from a vascular disruption (temporary loss of bloodflow) in the brain during prenatal development.

The use of the drugs misoprostol or thalidomide by women during pregnancy has been linked to the development of Möbius syndrome in some cases.

Most people with Möbius syndrome are born with complete facial paralysis and cannot close their eyes or form facial expressions.

People with Möbius syndrome have normal intelligence, although their lack of facial expression is sometimes incorrectly taken to be due to dullness or unfriendliness.

Studies show that the use of misoprostal during pregnancy increases the risk of developing Möbius syndrome by a factor of 30.

Children with Möbius syndrome may have delayed speech because of paralysis of muscles that move the lips, soft palate, and tongue root.

Möbius syndrome results from the underdevelopment of the VI and VII cranial nerves.

However, some children with Möbius syndrome are mistakenly labeled as mentally retarded or autistic because of their expressionless faces, strabismus, and frequent drooling.

Also, Möbius syndrome bears his name, which he first described in 1888; and he pointed the way to understanding the cause of the endocrinological disorder Graves' disease.

Certain symptoms associated with Möbius syndrome may be caused by incomplete development of facial nerves, other cranial nerves, and other parts of the central nervous system.