The symptoms are spontaneous fractures of the bones, shortness of stature and hearing loss. On account of the fractures, malpositioning of the arms and legs is common. The Prader Willi syndrome got its name from the two doctors who, in 1956, identified a number of people with muscle debility in the first years, delayed development, shortness of stature, uncontrolled appetite leading to disabling obesity and delayed puberty. The cause in half the cases is a chromosome abnormality. There are a total of 100 cases on a population af 8 millions in Sweden.
Some children have several functional disorders.
They tend to have particularly severe problems in that their disorders reinforce one another. This leads to special difficulties for the children and their families, and RBU can be of particular assistance here. As a RBU member one can take part in lots of different activities. The way the enterprise is run varies from branch to branch. Through RBU one can get in touch with other people who have similar experiences.