A French neurologist named Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchene in 1860 first discovered duchene muscular dystrophy. It is caused y missing cells that make protein, which is needed for healthy muscles. The symptoms for this disorder are weakness in the muscles, hips, pelvic area, thighs and shoulder and calves start to enlarge. There is no cure for this disease but people with this disorder can attend physical therapy so that they can stay on their feet longer. Mostly young boys get this disorder and the ones that do have it die before or in their early 30s. Unfortunately, 1 out of every 3600 male infants get Duchene muscular dystrophy. To develop a cure or treatment for this disorder, scientists need to learn more about the genetic disorder leads to muscular dystrophy and help the kids with it survive longer. After researching about duchene muscular dystrophy, it made me feel empathetic towards the people with this disease because they don’t have a long time to live and even when they are alive, they have respiratory problems and have to use a wheelchair to move around.
I got my information from:
http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/bones/muscular_dystrophy.html
http://www.yourgenesyourhealth.org/dmd/whatisit.html
http://www.genome.gov/19518854
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070129164916AAs1WL1
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