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He was eventually diagnosed with CVI and more diagnoses followed - microcephaly, hypotonia, developmental delays, brain anomalies, etc.
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Brad Quick, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
Infant botulism can lead to bulbar palsies, hypotonia and a symmetric, descending, flaccid paralysis.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2025
Now at age 3, Mason has been diagnosed with epilepsy — along with chromosome abnormality, anemia, developmental delay, and hypotonia, or low muscle tone.
—Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
Mutations in this gene were found to be associated with a syndrome with symptoms that include intellectual disability, seizures, short stature, neurodevelopmental delay, drooling, motor delay, hypotonia (low muscle tone), and microcephaly (having a small head).
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 31 May 2024
Symptoms include agitation, hypertonia (too much muscle tone resulting in stiffness), hypotonia (too little muscle tone resulting in floppiness), tremors, drowsiness, and more.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 17 Jan. 2019
Just months after being born, Jace Pitre was diagnosed with hypotonia, a condition known as floppy baby syndrome that causes low muscle tone and affects the lungs and heart.
—Mike Candelaria, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 June 2018
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Brad Quick, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
Infant botulism can lead to bulbar palsies, hypotonia and a symmetric, descending, flaccid paralysis.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2025
Now at age 3, Mason has been diagnosed with epilepsy — along with chromosome abnormality, anemia, developmental delay, and hypotonia, or low muscle tone.
—Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
Mutations in this gene were found to be associated with a syndrome with symptoms that include intellectual disability, seizures, short stature, neurodevelopmental delay, drooling, motor delay, hypotonia (low muscle tone), and microcephaly (having a small head).
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 31 May 2024
Symptoms include agitation, hypertonia (too much muscle tone resulting in stiffness), hypotonia (too little muscle tone resulting in floppiness), tremors, drowsiness, and more.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 17 Jan. 2019
Just months after being born, Jace Pitre was diagnosed with hypotonia, a condition known as floppy baby syndrome that causes low muscle tone and affects the lungs and heart.
—Mike Candelaria, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 June 2018
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“Hypotonia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypotonia. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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hypotonia
noun
hy·po·to·nia
ˌhī-pə-ˈtō-nē-ə, -pō- 
1
: abnormally low pressure of the intraocular fluid
2
: the state of having hypotonic muscle tone
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