Talk:Brachydactyly

Another Source

Found another source (academic paper) with its own sources and citations, I'm too lazy to go through and add the citations myself though, so have fun someone: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2441618/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamalnamal (talk • contribs) 04:50, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

My

My family are carriers of this condition and I lost a brother to this condition at the age of 35 due to essential hypertension related to this condition. If anyone knows any more information about the condition and its effects, please email, as I would like to start a family some day and am concerned about the risks. [REMOVED] thank you

I would recommend seeing a genetic counselor where your brother was diagnosed. They would be best able to confirm the type of brachydactyly (as there are many varieties) and explain whether his death was (a) indirectly related to the brachydactyly and (b) how to minimize your risks. Most deaths or complications of hypertension occur after it has been present for many years and the risk can usually be reduced with treatment. My suspicion is that you will be reassured by the actual answers but asking people on websites will get no closer to real answers than this. Good luck. alteripse 23:39, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

Pic?

A picture would be helpful. 67.86.126.40 22:10, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Piles of images can be added from here: http://www.ojrd.com/content/3/1/15 . --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:17, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

See also: Megan Fox???

How rude and disrespectful is that? Who said that Megan is the poster child for brachydactyly? Just because she's the most famous person at the moment to have the condition doesn't mean that she should be the star of an article that is NOT about her. She's not the first person to have it, nor is she famous JUST for having it, so why references to Megan Fox? It's not something she even discusses heavily with the press. It's about as relevant as her having brown hair. So what? Would it be fair to put Freddie Mercury in the See Also section of the AIDS article? Or Stevie Wonder in the article on blindness? Or Jay Leno in the dyslexia article? It's no secret that all those people suffered from the conditions/diseases I just mentioned, but they certainly aren't the only ones, nor is it what they are primarily famous for. Therefore, they're not the poster children and they shouldn't be the highlight in an article about a medical condition. 24.189.90.68 (talk) 07:35, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

I agree. Rcej (Robert) - talk 01:40, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

All I'm saying is we shud try to do things to make this article more popular, and b/c Megan Fox is currently considered the sexiest woman on the planet (except for her thumbs, which are all fucked up), we should add her picture to the article so that more people will read the article and then they will be educated in the field of brachydactyly, and they will learn how to avoid catching brachydactyly because an ounce of preention is worth over $100 dollars, and Wikipedia will become a better place as a result. but i will not add her picture to the article without first seeking consensus, but i will try forum shopping if that doesn't work. pls email me with any questions, because i don't log onto wikipedia, except to read about articles, thx.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 16:57, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

"and they will learn how to avoid catching brachydactyly because an ounce of preention is worth over $100 dollars"? WTF? Are you serious? Did you even read the article, buddy? Brachydactyly is a CONGENITAL condition. That means you don't "catch it" like an infectious disease, you have to be born with it to have it. The only way to stop it would be for people who carry the gene to not procreate. And articles aren't meant to be written to be popular, they're meant to inform. Megan Fox is famous for being an actress (and let's not debate on her acting merits, that's a whole 'nother story), not for having "fucked up" thumbs. This article should not be centered around Megan, it should be about the condition itself, period. She doesn't even make a big deal about her thumbs, and the media only makes relatively small mentions of it, so what's the point? Megan's condition should be talked about in HER article, where it is relevant. Not here. 24.189.90.68 (talk) 02:44, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

I don't see what's wrong with pointing out that there is a well-known figure who has this relatively unknown condition. The examples of Freddie Mercury, Jay Leno, and Stevie Wonder are ridiculous because each of HIV/AIDS, dyslexia, and blindness are well-known. It puts a condition most people are unfamiliar with into a context with which the average person can relate. Using a "see also" seems inappropriate, but putting one sentence in somewhere stating that she happens to have this condition might make it less stigmatized. Granted, no one is saying she is the "poster child" for the condition, but she IS one of very few well-known figures who has it. As a side note regarding The Fat Man Who Never Came Back's post...Megan Fox fanboys...ugh. 204.210.153.141 (talk) 00:15, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

MY OPINION

"Nomograms for normal values of finger length as a ratio to other body measurements have been published. In clinical genetics the most commonly used index of digit length is the dimensionless ratio" I think these charts/ indexies should be put into the arcticle because readers should not have to search somewhere else to have complete information on any topic. I also think pictures of anyone with the condition would be valuable in the arcticle; especially because there are no photographs at all in this arcticle. Wikipedia arcticles are much more informative and complete with reference images. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.168.110.200 (talk) 18:51, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

External Links

The NIH links are all broken as of April 16th. Should they be removed or replaced with other resources? 213.47.148.215 (talk) 15:37, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Public Writing

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 7 September 2022 and 8 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Niwde hus (article contribs).

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