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difficulty swallowing, which causes feeding problems.

blocked nasal passages (choanal atresia), which causes breathing problems.

a slit or groove in one of the structures of the eye (coloboma of the eye), like the iris or retina, which causes vision loss.

There are some physical signs that are very common in children with CHARGE syndrome and relatively rare in other conditions. The signs and symptoms of CHARGE syndrome can vary a lot from child to child.

It happens in about 1 in 10 000-15 000 births. If you have one child with CHARGE syndrome, there’s a 1% chance that your next child will also have the syndrome.ĬHARGE syndrome is a rare condition. But if you have CHARGE syndrome yourself, your chance of having a child with CHARGE syndrome is about 50%. In most cases there’s no family history of the disorder or similar conditions. It’s caused by changes in a particular gene, usually the CHD7 gene. It’s now diagnosed differently, but the name CHARGE has stayed the same:ĬHARGE syndrome is a genetic disorder.

CHARGE syndrome is one of the leading causes of deafblindness at birth.ĬHARGE syndrome gets its name from the features that were originally used to diagnose it. CHARGE syndrome is a complex syndrome that causes a range of physical and health problems that vary from child to child.Ĭhildren with CHARGE syndrome tend to have problems with their senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.