Articles of category "Muscular Dystrophy (kids and teens)"

Muscular dystrophy is a genetic disorder that slowly fades the body's muscles. It's caused by inaccurate or absent genetic information that stops the body from assembling the proteins it needs to construct and maintain strong and healthy muscles. A child who is diagnosed with muscular dystrophy steadily loses the capability to do things like walk, sit upright, breathe effortlessly, and move their arms and/or hands. One should be aware of the first symptoms and of the ways this disorder should be handled.

The first account, his of muscular dystrophy appeared in the year 1830, when Sir Charles Bell wrote an essay about an illness that appeared to cause a progressive weakness in boys. Six years later, in 1836, another scientist also reported on two brothers who developed muscle damage, generalized weakness, and replacement of damaged muscle tissue with connective tissue and fat. At the time the two scientists noticed the disease, the symptoms they noted were thought to be signs of tuberculosis.