Alert Medics To The Features of MFS

Death can arrive silently, unheralded. Throughout Marfan Awareness Month we have heard stories of young people lost suddenly to undiagnosed Marfan syndrome. Yet the signs were there all along; a seemingly routine visit to the ENT ward for an ear infection that won’t clear up was an opportunity to pick up the tell-tale features of Marfan syndrome – the height, the stretch marks, the crowded teeth. Our Trustee Dr Nitha Naqvi describes what to watch for as a medic, and how in doing so you can save a life.