Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Paper

There are many diseases in the world, some you are born with others you just happen to get. There are some diseases that just happen to males and some diseases just happen to females. One of the diseases you could be born with if you are male is called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This type of disease is serious for the males with this condition.
A French neurologist named Gulliaume Benjamin AmandDuchenne. Guillaume is best known for his research on nerves and muscles. He studied medicine in Paris and became a physician. After his wife pasted away he became depressed. When he came to Paris he searched around & became interested in these nerve and muscle cases from local hospitals. He is the man who discovered Duchenne Muscular dystrophy in

the 1860s. DMD is a genetic disorder causing weakness to muscles. Unfortunately this is a condition that effects males only do to X chromosomes.
How does DMD only affect males?

Every male inherits an X chromosome from their mother and a Y chromosome from his father which makes him male. Females get two X chromosomes from each parent. With those two X chromosomes the female gets it helps her fight the one that does not have dystrophin protect her muscles. If the mother has a flawed gene there is a 50% chance that the son will have DMD. This makes the mother ‘the carrier’. The absence of dystrophin in the cells causes weakness to the muscles. Symptoms will show about at the age of 2 years-old. As they get older you will notice that it is affecting the body totally different. They have a sway back, their arms and legs look out of place. The male’s body that is just so badly affected has wheel chairs at a young age others have tiny crutches to help them elevate their body, helping with balance. It is very painful itself to your body.You can live up to the age of 25 years-old for the reason being that the disease is just damaging your muscles. During the process of aging with this condition there are ways to help you with the muscles. For example, they give you an opportunity to have therapy. Going to therapy helps them in some ways to build up a little more muscles even though the dystrophin is too strong it will still weaken the muscles.Lack of dystrophinweakening the muscle layer in the heart resulting in a condition called cardiomyopathy. As it affects the heart as well that puts more damaged to the males body. This

becomes life-threatening to the young males.
DMD often runs in the family. It is also possible for a family with no history of DMD what so ever to have a child born with this disease. Researchers have two explanations for this. First explanation is that long ago generations before have this disease and did not know what it was. Second explanation is that more than one egg cell has dystrophin gene mutation. That puts high risk of having another male child with this disease.
All in all there are many diseases in the world. Some with no cure yet or some you are born with. We will not give up on those trying to find a cure for the diseases with no cure at all. Whether you have a disease or not it is always safe to go to a doctor and get checked for any conditions like this.