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I HAVE 4 CHILDREN AND MY 2 ELDEST HAVE ECTRODRYMAL DYSPLASIA, MY DAUGHTER HAS JUST GOT POINTED TEETH BUT ALL HERS HAVE APPEARED, THEY WILL FILE THEN DOWN WHEN HER ADULT TEETH ARE IN. MY SON IS 11 AND HE ONLY EVER HAD 6 TEETH, HE HAS A BOTTOM SET OF DENTURES WHICH HAS HELD HIN ALOT, HIS HAIR IS VERY FINE, AND HE CAN'T SWEAT AT ALL, SO GETS REALLY ANGRY PRETTY QUICKLY. MYSELF AND MY SON ALSO HAVE CEALIAC DISEASE, WHICH AS LEAD TO ME HAVING ALOT OF HEALTH PROBLEMS,I HAVE A LUNG DISEASE, SEVERAL AUTO IMMUNE CONDITIONS.

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