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 is a type of rare genetic bone disorder. It causes the strong, flexible tissue called cartilage to not be made into bone as normal. People with achondroplasia have normal intelligence and normal lifespan. Achondroplasia is a genetic disease. Most cases of achondroplasia are from a new gene mutation in families.