Acquired PWS
PWS-like symptoms can be aquired by damage to the hypothalamus during a person’s life. This may be as a result of a head injury, or from a tumour, or from surgery following the removal of a tumour. In these cases, the person does not have any of the genetic abnormaltities and few of the physical characteristics of PWS, but aquires some of the behavioural and appetite problems which are associated with the syndrome. Management techniques used with people with true PWS can also be helpful in aquired PWS.