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DMD (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy) is a genetic disease that leads to progressive muscle weakness. The main symptoms and complications that emerge over time include:
* Loss of Motor Skills: Children initially experience difficulty walking and frequent falls. Weakness in the shoulder and arm muscles makes daily activities challenging. Typically around the age of 10, as muscle weakness progresses, the ability to walk independently is lost, and wheelchair use becomes inevitable.
* Cardiac Involvement: Weakening of the heart muscles can lead to serious heart problems such as cardiomyopathy.
* Respiratory Failure: Progressive weakness of the respiratory muscles causes difficulty breathing, and over time, respiratory support may be required.
* Spinal Curvature (Scoliosis): Weakening of the trunk muscles disrupts spinal balance, which can lead to the development of scoliosis.
* Dysphagia (Difficulty Swallowing): Involvement of the muscles responsible for swallowing can lead to nutritional problems and, in advanced stages, the need for feeding tubes.
What does DMD Disease Cause?
* Loss of Motor Skills: Children initially experience difficulty walking and frequent falls. Weakness in the shoulder and arm muscles makes daily activities challenging. Typically around the age of 10, as muscle weakness progresses, the ability to walk independently is lost, and wheelchair use becomes inevitable.
* Cardiac Involvement: Weakening of the heart muscles can lead to serious heart problems such as cardiomyopathy.
* Respiratory Failure: Progressive weakness of the respiratory muscles causes difficulty breathing, and over time, respiratory support may be required.
* Spinal Curvature (Scoliosis): Weakening of the trunk muscles disrupts spinal balance, which can lead to the development of scoliosis.
* Dysphagia (Difficulty Swallowing): Involvement of the muscles responsible for swallowing can lead to nutritional problems and, in advanced stages, the need for feeding tubes.