Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP)
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, or Stoneman Syndrome, involves a genetic mutation with muscle and bones. Patients who sustain injuries can have their joints become permanently frozen with no movements possible. There are only a couple of hundred cases worldwide of the disease.
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It is nicknamed Stoneman syndrome due to bones turning into a stone-like substance. With no current treatment, scientists are trying to research a way to end the disease once and for all.
Symptoms:
- malformations of the big toe.
- spontaneous flare-ups of inflammation or soft tissue swelling.
- increased flare-ups after injury, viral illness, or immunizations.
- difficulty in moving.
- frequent injury due to falling.
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