My mneumonic is kinda adjusted :
Now here is how i think of it :
Neiman Picks his nose with his "SPHING"er ( finger...so defeciency of sphingomylinase) Because he picks his Nose, he eats his boggers ( nose crap) and gets fatter ( Hepatosplenomegaly- fat stomach)
Using this mneumonic + the other one someone mentioned above ( hyphenated words= Cherry-red macula spot) + the order listed in FA.
FA order:-
1- Gauchers
2- Neiman -Pick
3- Tay-sachs
1 and
2- have hepatosplenomegaly in common
2 and
3- Are both hyphenated , i.e- Cherry-Red macula, in common. ( from other poster's mneumonic)
So, if u see patient has BOTH HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY AND CHERRY-RED MACULA, it has to be the one in the middle- Neiman-Pick.
(Neiman likes picking things-- just like he likes picking his nose- so, he picks BOTH!! --CHERRY red macula AND HSmegaly!)
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TAY-SACHS:
This mnemonic was told to us in kaplan by one of the profs ( i dont remmber name at the moment).. But since then i have forgotten the original wording- but can somehow keep the story strung together. So, bear with me. If this helps u, that's good.. if not im soo sorry for confusion!
There was a boy named TAY who couldnt see well because of cherry red spots on his macula. One night, despite having bad vision, this RETARDED kid took his GM2 out at night and crashed into a witch. Before dying the witch placed a HEX on him.
I think of this story and analyze it this way=
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boy- i think small boy- he can not be fat-- so no hepatosplenomagaly
"named TAY" - Tay sachs disease
"cant see well" b/c of the cherry red macula spot"
"drove at night time"-- also helps me think -- vision, cherry red spot
"took his GM2 car"- GM- stands for general motors : In our case its "gm2"ganglioside
"retarded"- this one is a bit confusing bc this is not mental retardation- but think progressive neurodegeneration and developmental delay-- so BRAIN ISSUES
"placed a HEX on him" A hex in normal language is a curse.. However to us, this means "hexosaminidase A" defeciency.
If this helps even one person, ill feel better