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Muscular Dystrophy

Muscular Dystrophy . By: Gavin Spisak , Zach Wagner, Colin Cummings, Zack Tulley , and Adam Mcgrath. What is muscular dystrophy.

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Muscular Dystrophy

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  1. Muscular Dystrophy By: Gavin Spisak, Zach Wagner, Colin Cummings, Zack Tulley, and Adam Mcgrath

  2. What is muscular dystrophy • Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a genetic disorder that weakens the muscles that help the body move. People with MD have incorrect or missing information in their genes, which prevents them from making the proteins they need for healthy muscles. Because MD is sex-linked reccesive, people are born with the problem it's not contagious and you can't 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 their symptoms might start later. Some people even develop MD as adults.

  3. Symptoms of muscular dystrophy • Frequent falls • Difficulty getting up from a lying or sitting position • Trouble running and jumping • Waddling gait • Large calf muscles • Learning disabilities

  4. Duchenne muscular dystrophy • Duchenne muscular dystrophy the most common type of the disease, is caused by a problem with the gene that makes a protein called dystrophin. • This protein helps muscle cells keep their shape and strength. Without it, muscles break down and a person gradually becomes weaker. DMD affects boys. Symptoms usually start between ages 2 and 6. By age 10 or 12, kids with DMD often need to use a wheelchair.

  5. Other types of muscular dystrophy • Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) • Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) • Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) • Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) • Myotonic muscular dystrophy (MMD)

  6. How Is MD Treated? • There is no cure for MD, but doctors and scientists are working hard to find one. • Some scientists are trying to fix the defective genes that lead to MD so they will make the right proteins. Doctors are also dedicated to finding the best ways to treat the symptoms of MD so that kids, teens, and adults with the disease can live as comfortably and happily as possible.

  7. How to live with muscular dystrophy • Depending on how bad the muscular dystrophy is it is possible to live with. Usually they are restricted to a wheelchair and might need help doing the basic choirs of life such as eating, using the bathroom, and brushing their teeth.

  8. Muscular dystrophy Clinics • There is clinic in sterling heights MI. • Also one in children's hospital of Michigan. • Although there is no medical treatment for muscular dystrophy in these locations they help with physical therpy and provide helpful information when living with muscular dystrophy.

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