Scoliosis is by the definition a curvature of the spine, or simply put a bend. Over three million cases of scoliosis are reported each year, in percentages it is two to three percent of the world population. Scoliosis can affect babies, children, teenagers, and adults, the medium average for scoliosis during the age of puberty, and yes it can affect both genders, but females have a much higher chance to get it. Scoliosis can affect your life immensely, it can limit your body movement, cause pain
one parent can cause this disorder. Connective tissue is the tissue that holds the body’s cells and organs together. This disorder often affects the heart and the aorta, but can also affect tissues found all around the body, like blood vessels, bones, joints, eyes, and the heart. Although, connective tissue is made of different kinds of proteins, the protein that Marfan Syndrome attacks is called fibrillin-1, as it causes a defect in the gene that makes fibrillin-1. This mutation causes an increase