Editing Achondroplasia (section)

==== Adults ====
Adults with achondroplasia often face issues with obesity and sleep apnea. It is also typical for adults to experience numbness or tingling in their legs because of nerve compression.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

Some research has found that adults with achondroplasia may also experience [[psychosocial]] complications, usually associated with short stature.<ref name="Achondroplasia: A comprehensive cli"/><ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/09638288.2021.1963853|title=Quality of life, physical functioning, and psychosocial function among patients with achondroplasia: A targeted literature review|year=2021|last1=Constantinides|first1=Constantinos|last2=Landis|first2=Sarah H.|last3=Jarrett|first3=James|last4=Quinn|first4=Jennifer|last5=Ireland|first5=Penelope J.|journal=Disability and Rehabilitation|volume=44 |issue=21 |pages=6166–6178|pmid=34403286|s2cid=237198129|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Pregnancy in women with achondroplasia is considered higher risk. Women with achondroplasia generally have their babies delivered through C-sections to prevent complications that could occur with a natural birth.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/dwarfism|title=Dwarfism|last=Services|first=Department of Health & Human|access-date=26 September 2018|language=en}}</ref> Intelligence and life span are usually near normal, although craniocervical junction compression increases the risk of death in infancy.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20301331/ | pmid=20301331 | date=1993 | last1=Adam | first1=M. P. | last2=Feldman | first2=J. | last3=Mirzaa | first3=G. M. | last4=Pagon | first4=R. A. | last5=Wallace | first5=S. E. | author6=Bean LJH | last7=Gripp | first7=K. W. | last8=Amemiya | first8=A. | last9=Legare | first9=J. M. | title=Achondroplasia | publisher=University of Washington, Seattle}}</ref>