The Muscular Dystrophy Association ( Mda )

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Usually once atrophy of the hip musculature is noticed, shoulder weakness in noticed also. Those inflicted with DMD will also have trouble with overhead activates, and keeping the shoulders flexed for long periods of time. Scott M. Giles actually lists the following muscles affected by DMD: “Shoulder girdle musculature, pectorals, deltoids, rectus abdominals, gluteals, hamstrings, and calf muscles” 6. DMD patients continue to lose control and strength in their lower extremity musculature and eventually have so much trouble walking they are confined to a wheelchair. There is not a set age where this occurs, but the average is around twelve years old. The DMD muscles involved in eating, drinking, and of the eye are not touched by the disease. They usually do not have any hearing deficits or stroke disorders 1.

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Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy, abbreviated MMD, is a disease that affects the muscles and organs of a body. To break Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy down, the word myotonic is the adjective for myotonia, which is an inability to relax muscles at will. Muscular dystrophy means the gradual muscle degeneration, which weakens and shrinks muscle tissue. Knowing the breakdown of MMD, this disease summed up means a person is restricted to relax their muscles at their own will whenever they would like ("Overview Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy"). MMD is also known as "Steinert Disease", which was named after a German doctor who first described the disorder in 1909 ("Facts About Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy").

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.

Becker muscular dystrophy is a degenerative muscular disorder mainly affecting the voluntary muscles. This disease was named after the doctor who discovered it in the 1950s. BMD as it is called, affects the heart but not a severely as Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The symptoms of BMD usually start to affect the person during late childhood and adolescence. The first symptoms start with weakness in the legs and pelvis area , as well as the shoulders. It also affects the heart as the myocardium layer of heart muscle tissue slowly deteriorates. As the muscles become weaker, the patient may begin to waddle or walk on their toes to compensate for the weakness of the muscles. The respiratory system is usually the last system affected but eventually

At first I wasn’t interested in watching this documentary and only watched it because it was required. As I watched the documentary, I realized that Darius Weems was a genius and his Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy needed the exposure to provide awareness to the world, or at least the United States. I was taken by the fact that both he and his brother had Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, which has to be very rare. On the first leg of the trip the Darius Goes West crew ran into problems with wheelchair access. I never even thought about businesses not having access for wheelchairs, it’s unfair and businesses are losing money. This documentary probably brought that issue to light.

Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy is a recessive muscle disorder that will affect 1 in 3500 newborn boys. Early death is caused by progressive muscle wasting. The disease is caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. Mutations in the dystrophin gene can occur, but the life span is normally longer in patients. In this journal the research was too administer injections of PRO051 for 5 weeks in 12 different patients and monitor changes in their RNA splicing and protein levels in the tibialis anterior muscle. 12 patients each performed a 6 minute walk a total of 3 different times to measure the affects that PRO051 had on the muscle fibers. The study concluded that the use of PRO051 in patients suffering from Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy had a modest

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What do you think of when you hear the word muscular dystrophy? Some people may have no idea as others may have firsthand experience dealing with this disease or having extensive knowledge on the subject. The purpose of this paper is to inform any healthcare professional, anyone taking care of someone with muscular dystrophy, or anyone interesting on being informed about Muscular dystrophy. This paper will provide an overview of muscular dystrophy as well as the different types and the problems associated with muscular dystrophy. Also, this paper will go into detail about what is being done in order to help patients that suffer from this disorder. Current individuals who have a lot of knowledge on muscular dystrophy will gain a better

Muscular dystrophy is defined as a disease that the causes a loss of muscle mass and progressive weakness. Muscular dystrophy is not and infectious disease, but one that is passed on through abnormal gene mutations that prevent the production of the proteins that are needed to form healthy muscles. Muscular dystrophy is not a single disease, but a group of diseases. There are multiple types of muscular dystrophy, such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is the most common form in male children. Other forms of muscular dystrophy include Myotonic, Becker, Limb-Girdle, Facioscapulohumeral, Congenital, Oculopharyngeal, Distal and Emery-Dreifuss. Muscular dystrophy can materialize in anyone from infants to seniors.

Along with progressive muscles weakness and muscles destruction possible secondary conditions and complications can occurs. Due to muscular dystrophy and shortening of muscles structures, patient’s mobility can be impaired. Some people will eventually need to use a wheelchair. Additionally, weakened muscles lead to the postural instability resulting in spine curvature disorders. One of the further complications are breathing problems caused by progressive weakness of diaphragm, intercostal and abdominal muscles which are required for proper breathing mechanism. In consequences of those changes patients with muscular dystrophy may eventually need to use a breathing assistance device such as ventilators. In some cases, muscular dystrophy can

There are different types of diseases that can affect the ability of the skeletal and muscular systems that are caused by many factors including nutrition to exercise, two of the most important. Muscular Dystrophy (MD) is a muscular disease in which many different, smaller genetic diseases combine and contribute to the creation of progressive weakening and muscle mass digression. This muscular disease, though rare, is very serious and can’t be cured in any way if acquired. In the United States, there are fewer than 200,000 cases of muscular dystrophy per year, mostly affection ages 0-40. As this age range of cases is so wide, the disease has to be medically diagnosed using lab tests or imaging. Also shown

The main mission of the association of the Muscular Dystrophy is to help kids live longer and grow stronger by finding research breakthroughs across diseases, caring for individuals for one day to the other, and empowering families with services and support in hometowns across America. Also, the goal is to help kids help get stronger and continually finding more information on it and more breakthroughs about the dystrophy think this is a good mission because all kids should know that they can grow

Outcomes differ contingent on the kind of MND and the age of onset. Some MNDs, such as primary lateral sclerosis and Kennedy disease, are not deadly and progress gradually. Patients with spinal muscular atrophy might appear to be stable for lengthy periods, but improvement should not be