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Onset :Early childhood - about 2 to 6 years. Symptoms: Generalized weakness and muscle wasting affecting limb and trunk muscles first. Calves often enlarged. Progression: Disease progresses slowly but will affect all voluntary muscles. Survival rare beyond late twenties. Inheritance: X-linked recessive (females are carriers).
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know DMD DMD is a neuro-muscular disorder charecterised by progressive degeneration of all the voluntary muscles,which we employ while bending and rising, walking and running, that come into play during the hundreds of different movents that we make in a day. The cause of the disease has been traced to defection in a gene which activates muscle cells into producing proteins that are responsible for growth and normal functioning of the voluntary muscles. When this gene becomes defective in a person the production of the vital muscle proteins is hampered. This results in a progressive deterioration of the muscle fibres, starting from the neck and pelvic muscles, moving on to those of the upper arms and legs and finally encompases all the muscular tissues of the body. DMD is a genetic disorder that results due to defects in genes linked to X- chromosome. The mother is normally the carrier of the disorder which is passed on almost exclusively to the male progeny.
Further information on muscular dystrophies, their causes, treatment and latest research accomplishments in fighting these diseases can be found at MDA(muscular dystrophy association. It also provides guidance to the parents. ...go there. In India IMDA(Indian Muscular Dystrophy Association) is doing a commendable service for muscular dystrophy patients. It was founded by Dr.R.Janardhan Rao, in memory of his late son who was also a victim of muscular dystrophy. You can also avail their services by contacting them. Please help IMDA fight the disease by sending
contributions to this address: AIIMS(All India Institute of Medical Sciences),
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