What is Imogen Faith Reid's condition? Discover how her dwarfism, Russell-Silver syndrome, shaped her life and led to her ...

Why so small? Born that way. The condition is know as dwarfism and is caused by a genetic mutation. There are 250 different types of dwarfism. Achondroplasia is the most common.

People with dwarfism are often shorter than 4 feet 10 inches. Today there are about 400 different types of dwarfism, which can occur in one in every 10,000 births.

Dennis was diagnosed with hypochrondroplasia – one of more than 200 different forms of dwarfism – while Lori jokingly calls herself the 'No-Name brand' because doctors have yet to be able to ...

Dwarfism presents in two primary forms—disproportionate and proportionate—with distinct symptoms and underlying causes. Here's a breakdown:Dwarfism Symptoms1.

I did feel throughout my pregnancy that there was something different though, just an intuition. We never suspected dwarfism,” Marcella, 32, tells PEOPLE. “We didn’t care [that] Brody would be a ...

Dwarfism occurs about once in every 10,000 births. In 80 per cent of cases it arises as a spontaneous genetic mutation. In other words, it can happen to anyone.

Imogen's co-star Mark Duplass, who plays her adoptive father Michael, said: 'You add in that her form of dwarfism is different than Natalia's dwarfism, so she had to learn a specific physicality ...

“There are actually more than 400 [types of] dwarfism,” explained Dr Sarah Poon, a paediatrician in Hong Kong. Some forms of dwarfism can have more health challenges.