Gargoylism, currently referred to as Hurler’s syndrome, is an uncommon hereditary illness caused by a deficiency in mucopolysaccharide processing, a kind of carbohydrate that binds water to connect cells and lubricate bones. This type of illness causes an abnormal buildup of complex carbohydrates in kids’ cells, affecting many of their body’s processes.
Aside from their body’s processes, children affected with this disease also develop complications with their growth, along with their learning and cognition. Moreover, gargoylism is often identified within two years of infancy; a child at such an age needs intensive care and seldom survives adolescence. The most common cause of death is cardiac arrest, which is caused by mucopolysaccharide invasion of the heart tissue and coronary arteries.