People with Waardenburg Syndrome, who were generously endowed by genetics (16 photos)

In today's world, everyone wants to stand out, to be noticed. However, the heroes of our selection do not need this, because their nature "rewarded" features with births.





The heroes of our selection are people with Waardenburg Syndrome. This is a hereditary genetic disease.





People with Waardenburg Syndrome look special, they have the following distinguishing features:



Lateral displacement of the inner corner of the eye.

Heterochromia of the iris, a gray strand above the forehead.

Congenital hearing loss of varying degrees.

But if a person has no other pathologies, then in fact the syndrome does not pose a threat to life. Hearing loss and other symptoms are resolved with the attending physician. The patient's life is not in danger, and the disease is usually not is progressing.



Sometimes there is also pigmentation.






Usually a child inherits the disease from one of the parents, but spontaneous mutations are also possible.



Occurs in 1 case out of 50,000.








Public awareness of this syndrome is growing every year. year, because people are not criticized for their appearance. People They try to emphasize their features, not hide them.



For the first time, the symptom complex characteristic of this disease was described by the Dutch ophthalmologist P. Waardenburg in 1951.






The appearance is also characterized by fused eyebrows.



Have you met such people in your life?