Abstract
The Laurence moon Bardet Biedl syndrome is a very rare genetic disorder in which the recessive trait of gene is defected and yet need to be exploited for the purpose to provide better pharmaceutical care to such patients.
Highlights
Pharmaceutical care is the responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve a patient's quality of life
Upon examination was revealed to be a patient of Laurence Moon Bardet Beidle syndrome with renal failure, polydactyl and mild obesity and retinitis pigmentosa
Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is an autosomal recessive condition characterized by rod-cone dystrophy, postaxial polydactyl, central obesity, mental retardation, hypogonadism, and renal dysfunction [2]
Summary
Pharmaceutical care is the responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve a patient's quality of life. Laurence Moon syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by hypogonadism, retinitis pigmentosa, mental retardation, and spastic paraplegia. This disorder was earlier treated as a part of Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS). Patient was in usual state of health when he developed loss of appetite since 6 months, symptoms got aggravated since 1 month ( vomiting and amnesia) C/ p was adequate He is blind totally since 56 years. The physicians described retinitis pigmentosa and renal failure as well as polydactyl and mild obesity before real diagnosis He was reported as suffering from Laurence Moon Bardet Biedl syndrome with a family history of a sibling who suffered from the disease and died 10 years back. Further monitoring was postponed for a period of few weeks
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