What is muscular dystrophy PPT?
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What is muscular dystrophy PPT?
3. • Muscular dystrophy is a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders recognized by progressive degenerative muscle weakness and loss of muscle tissue (started in childhood). • Affect muscles strength and action.
What is muscular dystrophy?
Muscular dystrophy is a group of diseases that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass. In muscular dystrophy, abnormal genes (mutations) interfere with the production of proteins needed to form healthy muscle.
What is muscular dystrophy Wikipedia?
Muscular dystrophies (MD) are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare neuromuscular diseases that cause progressive weakness and breakdown of skeletal muscles over time.
What does the term dystrophy mean?
Definition of dystrophy 1 : a condition produced by faulty nutrition. 2 : any myogenic atrophy especially : muscular dystrophy.
What is classification of muscular dystrophy?
There are 30 different types of muscular dystrophy that are classified into nine categories. These categories are Becker, Congenital, Duchenne, Distal, Emery-Dreifuss, Facioscapulohumeral, Limb-Girdle, Myotonic, and Oculopharyngeal.
What are the 9 different types of muscular dystrophy?
There are nine major forms of muscular dystrophy:
- Myotonic.
- Duchenne.
- Becker.
- Limb-girdle.
- Facioscapulohumeral.
- Congenital.
- Oculopharyngeal.
- Distal.
What are the stages of muscular dystrophy?
What Are the Stages of Muscular Dystrophy?
- Stage 1: Early Ambulatory. Stage 1: Early ambulatory stage.
- Stage 2: Late Ambulatory. Stage 2: Late ambulatory stage.
- Stage 3: Nonambulatory. Stage 3: Nonambulatory stage.
How many types of muscular dystrophy are there?
There are 9 types of muscular dystrophy, with each type involving an eventual loss of strength, increasing disability, and possible deformity. The most well known of the muscular dystrophies is Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), followed by Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD).
