#386 Achondroplasia Beyond Height: Managing Lifelong Medical Needs
About this episode
This episode discusses the comprehensive care needs of children with achondroplasia beyond their height, featuring insights from Dr. Ricki Carroll.
What does it mean to truly care for a child with achondroplasia beyond just their growth differences? Achondroplasia is the most common form of skeletal dysplasia, but it is so much more than height. Children and adults with achondroplasia can have medical complications that require lifelong monitoring and the need for lifelong multidisciplinary care. This is the second episode in our three-part series on achondroplasia, sponsored by BioMarin. In our first episode, (Episode 359 of DNA Today) Dr. Janet Legare helped us explore the basics of achondroplasia and the role of genetics in diagnosis and family counseling. In this conversation, we’re shifting the focus to what living with achondroplasia actually looks like day to day, from managing medical complications to coordinating care across multiple specialties. Joining us is Dr. Ricki Carroll, a complex care and palliative care physician on the multidisciplinary skeletal dysplasia team in Delaware. Dr. Carroll brings expertise in providing a medical home for children with skeletal dysplasias, with a special focus on pain and symptom management. She also co-leads a skeletal dysplasia consultative service, and her training in…
People in this episode
Host: Kira Dineen
Guest: Dr. Ricki Carroll
Topics covered
- achondroplasia
- medical care
- multidisciplinary care
- palliative care
- skeletal dysplasia
- family support
Sponsors
BioMarin
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