Retts Syndrome Rhetts syndrome or Red Syndrome Symptoms

In 1954, Dr. Andreas Rett, a pediatrician in Vienna, Austria, first noticed two girls as they sat in his waiting room with their mothers. He observed these children making the same repetitive hand-washing motions. Curious, he compared their clinical and developmental histories and discovered they were very similar.

Rett syndrome is most often misdiagnosed as autism, cerebral palsy, or non-specific developmental delay. In the past, making the correct diagnosis called not only for a long list of diagnostic tests and procedures to rule out other disorders, but it also took from months to years waiting to confirm the diagnosis as new symptoms appeared over time. Today, we have a simple blood test to confirm the diagnosis. 

Rett syndrome is a unique developmental disorder that is first recognized in infancy as symptoms and seen almost always in girls, but can be rarely seen in boys.

Rett syndrome is caused by mutations on the X chromosome on a gene calledMECP2. 

Rett syndrome is a developmental disorder. It is not a degenerative disorder.

Rett syndrome can present with a wide range of disability ranging from mild to severe. 

A iternation body has been setup for Rhett syndrome awareness, its called International Rett Syndrome Foundation