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    A Simple Guide to Muscle Dystrophy Disease and Related Conditions
    A Simple Guide to Muscle Dystrophy Disease and Related Conditions
    A Simple Guide to Muscle Dystrophy Disease and Related Conditions
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    A Simple Guide to Muscle Dystrophy Disease and Related Conditions

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    Muscle Dystrophy Disease

    What is Muscle Dystrophy Disease?

    Muscular dystrophy (MD) disease is a group of more than 30 inherited diseases that cause muscle weakness and muscle loss.

    Some Muscular dystrophy disease can occur in infancy or childhood

    Other Muscular dystrophy diseases do not appear until 40 years of age or later.

    There is a difference in the various muscular dystrophies diseases in the people they affect and the symptoms of the disease.

    All forms of Muscular dystrophy will become worse as the person's muscles become weaker.

    Most people with Muscular dystrophy eventually lose the ability to walk.

    There is no cure for muscular dystrophy.

    What are the causes of muscular dystrophy?

    Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a genetic disease that gradually weakens the body's muscles.

    It is caused by incorrect or missing genetic information that prevents the body from making the proteins needed to build and maintain healthy muscles.

    Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a sex-linked genetic disease where a boy born to a mother who is a carrier has a 50 per cent chance of having the disorder while his sisters will have a 50 per cent chance of becoming a carrier.

    A child who is diagnosed with MD gradually loses the ability to do things like walk, sit upright, breathe easily, and move the arms and hands.

    This increasing weakness can lead to other health problems.

    There are several major forms of muscular dystrophy, which can affect the muscles to varying degrees.

    In some cases, MD starts causing muscle problems in infancy; in others, symptoms don't appear until adulthood.

    There is no cure for MD, but researchers are quickly learning more about how to prevent and treat it.

    Doctors are also working on improving muscle and joint function and slowing muscle deterioration so that those with MD can live as actively and independently as possible.

    What are the symptoms of Muscular dystrophy?

    First Symptoms

    Many children with muscular dystrophy follow a normal pattern of development during their first few years of life.

    But in time common symptoms begin to appear.

    A child who has MD may start to

    1. stumble,

    2. walk late and waddle,

    3. have difficulty going up stairs, and

    4. toe walk (walk on the toes without the heels hitting the floor).

    5. A child may start to struggle to get up from a sitting position

    6. have a hard time pushing things, like a wagon or a tricycle.

    Children with MD often develop enlarged calf muscles (called calf pseudo hypertrophy) as muscle tissue is destroyed and replaced by fat.

    How is Muscle Dystrophy diagnosed?

    Diagnosis

    1. family history, and ask about any problems particularly those affecting the muscles that the child might be having.

    2. tests to determine what type of MD is involved and to rule out other diseases that could cause the problem.

    3. a blood test to measure levels of serum creatine kinase, an enzyme that's released into the bloodstream when muscle fibers are deteriorating.
    Elevated levels indicate that something is causing muscle damage.

    4. check the DNA for gene abnormalities or a muscle biopsy to look for patterns of deterioration

    5. abnormal levels of dystrophin, a protein that helps muscle cells keep their shape and length.

    What are the Types of Muscular Dystrophy?

    The different types of muscular dystrophy affect different sets of muscles and result in different degrees of muscle weakness.

    TABLE OF CONTENT

    Chapter 1

    Muscle Dystrophy Disease

    Chapter 2

    Fibromyalgia

    Chapter 3

    Myasthenia Gravis

    Chapter 4

    Multiple Sclerosis

    Epilogue

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKenneth Kee
    Release dateOct 15, 2013
    ISBN9781301206612
    A Simple Guide to Muscle Dystrophy Disease and Related Conditions
    Author

    Kenneth Kee

    Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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      A Simple Guide to Muscle Dystrophy Disease and Related Conditions - Kenneth Kee

      A

      Simple

      Guide

      To

      Muscle Dystrophy Disease

      And

      Related

      Diseases

      By

      Dr Kenneth Kee

      M.B., B.S. (Singapore)

      Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

      Copyright Kenneth Kee 2013 Smashwords Edition

      Published By Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to

      My wife Dorothy

      And my children

      Carolyn, Grace

      And Kelvin

      This book describes the Muscle Dystrophy Disease and Related Diseases such as Fibromyalgia, Myasthenia Gravis and Multiple Sclerosis which are seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader.

      If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Chapter 1

      Muscle Dystrophy Disease

      What is Muscle Dystrophy Disease?

      Muscular dystrophy (MD) disease is a group of more than 30 inherited diseases that cause muscle weakness and muscle loss.

      Some Muscular dystrophy disease can occur in infancy or childhood

      Other Muscular dystrophy diseases do not appear until 40 years of age or later.

      There is a difference in the various muscular dystrophies diseases in the people they affect and the symptoms of the disease.

      All forms of Muscular dystrophy will become worse as the person's muscles become weaker.

      Most people with Muscular dystrophy eventually lose the

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