Eating 1 cup of chopped carrots provides you with 10,605 micrograms of vitamin A, which is far more than the 900 micrograms required daily for men or 700 micrograms for women, according to the Linus Pauling Institute.
Rare exceptions are usually the result of a secondary factor, such as excess fluid around the brain (hydrocephalus). The most common cause of dwarfism is a disorder called achondroplasia, which causes disproportionately short stature. This disorder usually results in the following: 1  An average-size trunk.
Achondroplasia (from the Greek for without cartilage growth) is a condition that results in dwarfism. It is caused by a mutation in the FGFR3 (fibroblast growth factor receptor 3) gene.The FGFR3 gene is located on the short arm of chromosome 4 at position 16.3.Click FGFR3 Gene for more detailed information on how a defect in this gene can lead to achondroplasia. This article also discusses the role of FGFR3 in other conditions, such as bladder cancer.).