Symptoms of FOP

like the rest of FOP, it's symptoms are few but extremely painful and life-altering.

These symtpoms include:

• red swelling that are almost tumour-like in character. These are sometimes red, hot, and painful to touch. these swellings are caused by new bone fomration.
• A Malformed big toe. Malformed big toes are the tell-tale sign for FOP, but there is no known cause for this phenomenon.
• The gradual displacement of muscles, ligaments, and connective tissue by bone. this symptom alone causes an onslaught of other symptoms, such as joints locking up causing mobility problems and difficulty eating.
• Scoliosis and kyphosis

The main symptom, the gradual displacement of muscles, ligaments, and connective tissue, starts to form at ages 5-10 at the base of the neck and will slowly move down throughout the patient's lifespan. over the course of their life, they will slowly lose all ability the to move their joints and seize up, effectivly turning into a living statue. to combat this, FOP patients often use a managerie of makeshift tools to help them get through their daily life. these can be as simple as a door handle that helps them get dressed, or as advanced as custom order tall shoes and automatic tooth brush.

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