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Symptoms

  • progresses and gets worse over time
  • difficulty walking
  • need leg and hand brace
  • unable to walk by age 12 need a wheelchair
  • begins in legs
  • frequent falls, limited range of motion
  • difficulty breathing
  • muscles in chest may be affected

How is it Detected?

Conclusion

  • begin by testing the creatine kinase level in the blood
  • DNA testing to look for mutations
  • muscle biopsy

When is it Detected?

  • before birth
  • blood test
  • muscle biopsy: involves taking a small sample of muscle under anesthetic
  • genetic analysis
  • electromyogram

Muscular Dystrophy is a very severe condition that effects 1 in every 3000 people worldwide. People don't realize how immensely it can effect their everyday life styles. Things we take for granted like walking and running, people with Muscular Dystrophy struggle with trying to do these things.

Definition

A hereditary condition marked by progressive weakening and wasting of the muscles

Long Term Effects

Facts/Statistics

  • the average life span of a person with Duchenne muscular dystrophy is 20 years
  • people with Becker Muscular Dystrophy have a normal life span
  • 8 known types of Muscular Dystrophy
  • one in every 3000 children are born with it

Treatment

  • depends on what kind you have
  • some effect the cardiac muscle
  • pulmonary muscles which effect breathing and lung function
  • some effect leg, shoulder and arm muscles
  • some infant forms have an effect on mortality (death)
  • wasting of the muscles is the most common long term effect
  • you may need a breathing pump to help you breath, taking medications to help with your heart or having a pacemaker fitted

Causes

  • NO CURE
  • physical therapy
  • arm and leg braces
  • doctor may prescribe steroids
  • with severe cases under go a surgery called spinal fusion
  • caused by mutations in several genes
  • caused by not having produced enough dystrophin/ produces enough that doesn't work properly
  • men are more likely to get it over women

Muscular Dystrophy

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