Thaindian News

By Meena Kar
Jan 27, (THAINDIAN NEWS) For several years, Urs Eiholzer has been engaging himself in rigorous study on Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS). After writing several articles based on scientific approaches, he has recently, he has come up with a comprehensive book, namely, “Prader-Willi Syndrome:Coping With Those Involved”, that gives easy and handful tips to the non-professionals, who are diagnosed with the disease.

The main USP of the book is its easy language that can be grasped by any person from non medical background. Besides handy treatment options, the book gives more information on the disease, and the researches that has been conducted on it so far. It has vividly talked about the clinical picture of the disease and its genetic causes. The text content in the book has been well-illustrated with colorful pictures that can captivate the interest of the readers. This book is meant for those parents, whose children are affected with PWS, or any other person who is in touch with a patient. The author, Urs Eiholzer has not only spoken about the disease from a medical perspective, but has also commented a lot on its psychological impact.

Prader Willi Syndrome is a eating disorder that is especially common in children. It is marked with chronic feeling for appetite, resulting to high risk obesity, that might even turn out to be life threatening for the child. The other side effects of this disease are incomplete sexual development, low muscle tone, behavioral problems and hindrance on cognitive developments. It has been found that 12,000 to 15,000 people in USA suffer from this disease, and therefore, “Prader-Willi Syndrome:Coping With Those Involved” might be regarded as a very comprehensive, user reader friendly pioneer work by Urs Eiholzer, that aims to help the people somehow associated with PWS.