Dystrophy

it came to a magic genie, I would ask him for two extra wishes. One would be that no one would have to live with the muscular dystrophy disease or any disease,” –Mattie Stepanek. Mattie was just one of the many unfortunate children diagnosed with a muscular dystrophy. The most severe of them all is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy also known as DMD. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is caused by a defect or a mutation in the DMD gene located in the X chromosome. This gene provides instruction for a protein

Muscular Dystrophy Patients And Carriers.”BMC Neurology 13.1 (2013): 1-7. Academic Search Premier. Web. 15 Dec. 2013 Magee, Justin, Brian McClelland, and John Winder. "Current Issues With Standards In The Measurement And Documentation Of Human Skeletal Anatomy." Journal Of Anatomy 221.3 (2012): 240-251. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Dec. 2013. Muscular Dystrophy is a disorder that decreases the function of the body’s muscles and others that control vital organs. Muscular dystrophy means that

Muscular Dystrophy When people hear about diseases most of them don’t understand what exactly causes the disease in the first place, or even how widespread it could be. So they go about their days ignoring the disease all together. Such as the case for Muscular Dystrophy (MD). According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Muscular Dystrophy in its more predominant forms affects 1 in every 5,000 males. The two most common forms of Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne and Becker (DBMD), affects 1

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Ground-Breaking Research Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy or DMD for short is a genetic disease that affects the skeletal muscles causing muscle degeneration and muscle wasting. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is an X-linked recessive chromosomal disease, which is caused by mutations in the DMD Gene (Regenerative Medicine). This Disease affects 1 in 3600 boys (Regenerative Medicine). A male born with this disease experiences respiratory dysfunction, trouble ambulation, cognitive

Muscular Dystrophy is one of the most severe yet common cases of Muscular Dystrophy that occurs mainly in boys of younger age. Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne, who was a French neurologist, was the first to discover this disorder in the 1860s (Emery, 2008, pp. 25). This disease is an X-linked disorder which affects the skeletal system, and causes rapid muscular weakness and heart muscle problems. It’s stated that 1 out of every 3,600 males will be diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (Bushby

Muscular dystrophy is not a disease; it’s a term for a genetic mutation. “The disease, mostly affecting males, is transmitted as a sex-linked recessive trait” (Taber’s Cylopedic Medical Dictionary, 2013 pg. 736). There are 9 different types of muscular dystrophy. The two most common types of muscular dystrophy are Duchenne and Becker. “MD is a progressive degeneration of skeletal muscles from an as yet unknown biochemical defect within the muscle” (Sommers, 2011 pg. 691). Males are affected way more

Muscular Dystrophy (MD) is a disease that can be defined as a group of genetic traits that includes deteriorating by the voluntary muscular and/or skeletal movements. Other organs such as the heart are another example of an involuntary muscle that can easily be affected by the disease. Muscular Dystrophy can effect anyone - child or infant, and even middle age to older adults. The overall severity of the disease depends on when it decides to show up. Some factors are simply the age of the individual

The first written account of Muscular Dystrophy occurred in 1830, composed by Sir Charles Bell (Audrey S. Penn, 2001). His essay, along with many other accounts, display instances of younger boys getting progressively weaker, losing the ability to walk, and dying at extremely early ages. These diagnostics continued to become more frequent up into the late 1800s and early 1900s. As these symptoms were being researched and observed it soon became prevalent that this disease can affect all people of

“Dystrophy,” originally coming from the Greek “dys,” which means “difficult” or “faulty, and “trophe,” meaning “nourishment” holds the interpretation “poor nutrition.” Today we know poor nutrition is not the cause of Muscular Dystrophy (“Myotonic Dystrophy”). Muscular Dystrophy is a genetic disorder that affects between 500-600 newborns each year in the US (Statistics on Muscular Dystrophy). In general, this disorder weakens your skeletal muscles, and eventually they degenerate. Muscular Dystrophy

Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a genetic neuromuscular disease of various types that all result in the degeneration of muscle issue. The disease manifests in several types that vary by muscular region and dystrophin levels in the body. Most patients with a form of MD will suffer joint and muscle pain, pressure sores, and postural stress due to their condition. Potential clients with this disease will most likely be young boys, as MD mainly affects the male population and shortens one’s life expectancy