When you or your child was diagnosed with kniest syndrome (COL2A1) by the doctors, you will learn that it impacts the collagen type 2. The type 2 collagen is present in your bones, eyes, ears and palate. Those structures could be affected in the kniest syndrome. So, you have to follow up with the correspondent doctors (Kniest Syndrome doctors to follow up).
So, it is good to consider monitor with the following specialities do be followed:
- Pediatrics (if a child);
- Orthopedist;
- Geneticist;
- ENT;
- Bucomaxilo or plastic surgeon (if there is a cleft palate);
- Ophthalmologist;
- Pneumologist (if there is a briefing issue);
- Dentist.
Those doctors will probably recommend you to visit me followIng professionals, but according to the stage of development, age, symptoms, etc:
- Physiotherapy;
- Ocupational therapy;
- Audiologist;
- Phonology;
- Cardiologist;
- Psychologist or Psychiatrist;
- Anesthetist;
- Acupuncture;
- Pediatric surgeon;
- Neuro surgeon (sometimes required for the spinal and cervical issues);
- Orthodontist;
- Rheumatologist;
- Others.
As soon as you discover, the appointments will be more frequent, mainly until they confirm the diagnosis, because the doctors wants to be sure that all the problems or possible problems were addressed, but within the time the number of appointments can reduce a little.
Our tip is: try to follow at the same place and joint the appoiments for the same day, one after the other, because you have a day of doctors marathon, but the rest of your days you get your regular life.
Keep safe, hear your doctors advices and see you in our next post!
PS: this is not a medical recommendation, but it is based in our lives as parents of a child with kniest syndrome.
