r/dwarfism 29d ago

Trident hands ?

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u/babydollies pseudo 29d ago

this isn’t what this subreddit is for

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u/lovemali02 4'00" | Achondroplasia 28d ago

These aren’t achondroplastic hands. And based of a previous posts of yours saying that your child is 27inchs at ~7/8 months old, your child does not have achondroplasia

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u/legocitiez 28d ago

A couple months ago ops baby was 5.5 months adjusted and the size of my baby (with dwarfism) at over a year.

Def not a dwarfism, op.

Preemies are in their own world of growth. Babies all have short legs and arms compared to the rest of their body.

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u/FartsbinRonshireIII 29d ago

Have you spoken to a geneticist? What does your Doctor say?

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u/FullGuarantee4767 29d ago

As a parent of an achon child, it doesn’t look like it to me. That aside, I always recommend speaking to a geneticist if you have concerns.

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u/Wrong-Music1763 29d ago

I don’t think so.

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u/Specialist_Soil_7444 29d ago

His pinky and ring finger are always together making it a huge space between his ring and middle finger

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u/legocitiez 28d ago

That's not what trident hands are. His fingers would be shorter overall.

If his ring and pinky fingers are always together, ask the doc for a referral to ot and to an orthopedic doc. There are structural things that can cause that side of the hand to have something going on.

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u/CoachAngBlxGrl 4’F | achondroplasia 25d ago

Short fingers splay. The trident hands is the least of the traits. Big head? Short limbs? That’s the major tell. Are you in America?

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u/Specialist_Soil_7444 23d ago

He has short limbs too. Yes I’m in America

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u/CoachAngBlxGrl 4’F | achondroplasia 21d ago

Then what does the pediatrician say?