How do Patients with Forbes' Physically Look?
At birth, infected newborns look normal. Eventually as they develop, people with Forbes' Disease have puppet-like, or cherubic faces and have midfacial hypoplasia. Due to a lack in storage of glucose, people with Forbes' disease tend to crave carbohydrates and sweets. Most patients are also short compared to the average size of humans. Muscle weakness begins around a patient's twenties or thirties. They are usually tired simply because their muscles can't exert as much force as those of a normal person.