Damage Caused by Cockayne Syndrome...

 Type 1 Cockayne syndrome damage...

  • (ERCC8 gene) damage begins in the first years of life, vision is impaired, along with hearing, and the central and peripheral nervous systems steadily deteriorate until death by first or second decade of life.

Child With Cockayne Syndrome 

 Type 2 Cockayne syndrome damage...

  • (ERCC6 gene) all the same damage as type 1, but neurological development after birth is almost nonexistent and patients usually die by 7.

 

Basalioma 

Malignancies 

 Type 3 Cockayne syndrome damage...

  • (gene unknown) milder damage than types 1 & 2 and the onset doesn’t occur until later in childhood.
  • All types cause damage to appearances; sufferers have a look of accelerated ageing, a small head, and short in stature, frail, and have sunken eyes.
  • Xeroderma-pigmentosum Cockayne Syndrome: is when a person also suffers from DNA repair disease xeroderma-pigmentosum suffer from basaliomas and other malignant skin cancers that can be fatal if untreated.