Problems usually start before age 3, and common presenting features include: 1  Coarsening of facial features. 2  Thickening of the tongue. 3  Decline in intellectual function. 4  Hearing problems. 5  Swollen and stiff joints. 6  Abdominal hernias. 7  Hepatosplenomegaly.
In spite of its name, the water chestnut is not a nut; itâs an aquatic vegetable. Long, slender stems grow above the water, while they form a bulb under the water that stores food for the plant and grows into the edible vegetable.
The Irish Water Spaniel is a sturdy, cobby dog native to Ireland. The coat, consisting of dense curls, sheds very little. (see Moult) The colour is liver/puce and has a very definite purple hue unlike the colour of any other known breed.