What it is Muscular Dystrophy is a family of hereditary disease that cause progressive and steady muscle weakening Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy which are just 2 forms of MD alone affect approximately 1 in every 3500 to 5000 boys ID: 272048
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Muscular DystrophySlide2
What it is…
Muscular Dystrophy is a family of hereditary disease that cause progressive and steady muscle weakening.
Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy, (which are just 2 forms of MD) alone affect approximately 1 in every 3,500 to 5,000 boys.Slide3
Forms of MD (Muscular Dystrophy)
Duchenne
-is the most common childhood form of muscular dystrophy. Early signs of Duchenne, usually occur between the ages of 2 and 6.Becker- Is a less servere version of Duchenne
with the earliest signs found between the ages of 2 and 16.These 2 are the most common forms of MD. Slide4
The others..
Congenital MD- Includes
Sciolosis and learning disabilities.Distal MD- A less severe MD, usually found between ages 40-60.Emery-Dreifuss MD- Can cause heart problems and deformities. Patients usually die from sudden death because of weakening of cardiac muscles.
Facioscapulohumeral MD- A very mild form of MD.Limb-Girdle MD – Wasting of the shoulder girdle and pelvic girdle. Sudden death can occur due to cardiac complications.Myotonic MD- Wasting of the muscles around the feet, face, hands, and neck.
myotonia
(difficulty or total incapacity of relaxing a muscle at will after a contraction).
Oculopharyngea
MD- Decay of the neck and eye muscles. Causes droopy eyelids and difficulty of swallowing, resulting in malnutrition.Slide5
Signs of MD/ Tests to diagnose MD
Curved Spine (
Sciolosis)Joint contractures (clubfoot or clawhand)Low muscle tone (Hypotonia
)DroolingFrequent fallsProblems walkingEyelids droppingDifficulty using 1 or more muscle groupsLoss of muscle mass, which may be hard to see because some types of muscular dystrophy causes a build-up of fat and connective tissue that makes the muscle appear larger.
ECG-
Electrocardiography
EMG-
Electromyography
CPK-
KinaseSlide6
Treatments
Devices
CanesWheelchairBracesWalkersVentilators
PacemakersSurgery
Tendon release
Scoliosis surgerySlide7
Other treatments
Medications
Anti- Inflammatory Cortocosteriod- Regulates inflammation of musclesPrednisone- which increases muscle strength
Miscellaneous
Anabolic steroids
Supplementation
Physical therapySlide8
Bibliography
www.webmd.com
www.Ninds.nih.govwww.dystrophy.comwww.medicalimages.allrefer.com
www.kidshealth.orgwww.mda.org