Muscular Dystrophy Challenges

The most significant challenge I have faced was when I was growing up was reading. Reading is one of the most important things it was hard for me to say some words that I thought I was never gonna learn to read ever even if they were just small words or big words I struggle so much while growing up. When I was

Fist case of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) appeared in 1836 Conte and Gioja described 2 boys with chronic muscle weakness and these boys later developed weakness and hypertrophy of multiple muscle groups (Duchenne, 2015). At the time little was known about DMD and due to the lack of evidences to support his claim and that many scientists thought that Conte and Gioja was describing tuberculosis; therefore they did not receive credit for their work (Duchenne, 2015). Years later, a French neurologist, Guillaume Duchenne will know for his work in faradism and his understanding of muscle disease evaluated 13 boys with DMD and he notice that the muscle tissue loss in the calf is replaced by fat making it look bigger than normal. (Duchenne, 2015).

For as long as I can remember, my brother would fall down often. I never really thought much of it while growing up, he was just my clumsy older brother. I noticed he was different from my friend’s older brothers but I never really cared because I always loved the way he was.

forms, the symptoms and signs change. All together there are a total of nine different types of

Scientists have been struggling with the cause, treatment of, and cure for Muscular dystrophy since its discovery in 1886, by Dr. Guillaume Duchenne. Muscular dystrophy is a hereditary disease, affecting thousands of people every year, two-thirds being children between the age of birth through adolescents. Muscular dystrophy can also occur with no family history of the disease.

Facioscapulohumeral (FSHD) muscular dystrophy- begins among a variety of ages, most commonly the teenage years, but can also begin in adolescence or adulthood. Begins muscle deterioration usually in the face or the shoulders. A sure sign someone is suffering from the FSHD form of muscular dystrophy is that raising their arms will result in their shoulder blades bulging out, similar to

Muscular dystrophy is an inherited disease that was discovered in 1861, by Guillaume B.A. Duchenne. Muscular dystrophy is a group of heredity disorders characterized by rapidly-worsening muscle weakness. The trait for muscular dystrophy may be transmitted as an autosomal dominant which means a disorder that has two copies of an abnormal gene that must be present in order for the disease or trait to develop. In this case, if some original carrier of the disease had children, the children would have a fifty-fifty chance of inheriting the disease. It is also carried as an autosomal recessive trait, in which case the offspring of the original carrier would have a very small chance of

and socially. Teachers need to set long term and short term measurable goals and plan on

Duchenne muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is the most common out of nine types of muscular dystrophy. This genetic disorder causes progressive muscular weakness, and deterioration due to the lack of a protein called Dystrophin. This protein keeps the muscles in tack, so when it's missing, the muscles slowly break down. (MDA, 2015)

Ben has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a degenerative disease of the muscles. When someone has this disease their muscles do not produce enough dystrophin to stay together. This causes the muscles to deteriorate over time. With proper care, the rate of muscle degradation can be slowed down. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive muscle degeneration and weakness. Muscle weakness can start as early as age three. It first affects the hips, pelvic area, thighs, and shoulders. This disease is still fatal and will be until further studies and research are done to find ways to cure this disease.

Imagine how it would be like if you can’t run and have to be in a wheelchair at a young age. You would face lot’s of difficulties like having to get up and walking. A rare disease called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy can do this to you. Duchenne is a disease with rapidly worsening muscle weakness. It is not very well know. Boys are more likely to have it them girls because boys don’t inherit a flawed dystrophin gene. This gene protects you from Duchenne.

Muscular dystrophy is a rare disease. 349 out of 2.37 million males aged between five and twenty-four had Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy in 2007. Males are more likely to be affected. It is very rare for females to have the disease.

According to the MediLexicon Medical Dictionary, muscular dystrophy is defined as a general term for a number of hereditary, progressive degenerative disorders affecting skeletal muscles, and often other organ systems (Staff). Basically what that means is that muscular dystrophy is a genetic disorder that is passed down that affects the skeletal muscles and other organs by slowly breaking them down. Since it is genetic, it is not contagious and you cannot catch it from someone who has it. MD weakens muscles over time, so children, teens, and adults who have the disease can gradually lose the ability to do the things most people take for granted, like walking or sitting up. Someone with MD might start having muscle problems as a baby or

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is a sex-linked disease, which is inherited in a recessive fashion (National Human Genome Research Institute, 2013). Over thirty similar genetic disorders exist (Duchenne Foundation Australia, 2015). All types of muscular dystrophy are considered to be a rare disorder (Duchenne Foundation Australia, 2015). Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is most common in children and causes muscle weakness and wasting, which commonly begins in the lower limbs (Duchenne Foundation Australia, 2015; National Human Genome Research Institute, 2013). The disease itself is caused by changes to the DMD gene, which is responsible for providing instructions regarding the creation of the dystrophin protein in one’s muscles (Duchenne Foundation Australia, 2015). This protein is responsible for protecting muscles from damage, and without it the cells of a person’s muscles deteriorate and symptoms of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy are exhibited (Duchenne Foundation Australia, 2015). The disease results from changes in the DMD gene, or other genetic changes in a child (Duchenne Foundation Australia, 2015).

One major problem associated with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is the prevalence of fibrosis that occurs in the skeletal muscles, heart, and lungs of these patients. In the heart and lungs, fibrosis inhibits the body’s ability to perform cardiopulmonary or respiratory function, respectively. These conditions typically result in death if no emergency medical attention is given. Fibrosis can also present as contractures in the skeletal muscle fibers, which will usually result in the loss of skeletal muscular function and the need for surgery.