Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Steely hair disease; Menkes kinky hair syndrome; Kinky hair disease
Treatment
Treatment usually only helps when started very early in the course of the disease. Injections of copper into a vein or under the skin have been used with mixed results.
Expectations (prognosis)
Most persons with this condition die within the first few years of life.
Complications
- Seizures
- Death
Calling your health care provider
Talk to your health care provider if you have a family history of Menkes syndrome and you plan to have children. A baby with this condition will often show symptoms early in infancy.
Images
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Review Date: 04/15/2009
Reviewed By: Chad Haldeman-Englert, MD, Division of Human Genetics, Children's
Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by
VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA,
Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
