muscular dystrophy has many forms and therefore symptoms can vary between the variations. Overall symptoms include the weakening of skeletal muscles and the defect and death muscle tissues. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common and affects young boys such as Eddie. Eddie is an 11 year old boy and has been diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The symptoms appeared at the age of 5 and had led to the weakening of his leg and arm muscles and the eventual need of a wheelchair. Some of these symptoms include: • Frequent falls • Awkward manner of walking • Fatigue and low endurance • Loss of motor skills (jumping, running) • Eventual loss of ability to walk While Eddie is able to move around with the aid of a wheelchair, his muscles have shrunken and have been replaced with fat. Additionally, he has an intellectual impairment as a result of DMD. However, the intellectual impairment will not worsen over time. Duchenne muscular dystrophy can also affect the hips, thighs shoulder muscles and calves. The calves will usually be enlarged and the symptoms of DMD will progressively worsen. By the age of 10 to 12, the person affected will require the use of a wheelchair. At the age of 21, most patients will be paralyzed from the neck down. Duchenne muscular dystrophy will appear in those affected before the age of 6, and the lifespan of patients affected with DMD is usually around 25. Becker muscular dystrophy is similar to Duchenne muscular dystrophy and also has similar symptoms, but is much less severe. This is because the gene affected, dystrophin, is still partially functional. Therefore, the symptoms appear much later into one’s life and usually, the person affected is able to live for... ... middle of paper ... ...rrifying when I found out that he had MD. He was unable to walk properly and his muscles deteriorated to a large extent. His whole life was changed and I remember me and him crying for long periods. Eddie: I wasn’t able to participate in many activities and I now need a wheelchair. Most of time I spend playing video games because it helps relieve my mind. Question: Since you have MD, did anyone in your family also have the disease? Eddie: I think my dad had it… Eddie’s Mom: Yes… that’s true but he had passed away at an early age due the disease. I don’t know what I would do if I also lost Eddie! Question: Have you tried to find treatments for Eddie? Eddie’s Mom: Yes! I’ve searched almost everywhere on the internet, yet most drugs and medicines are expensive. I have however sent him through physical therapy. Thank you to Eddie and his mom for a great contribution!
DMD also known as muscular dystrophy is muscular disease that occurs on young boys around age four to six. Muscular dystrophy is genetically transmitted disease carried from parent to offspring. This disease progressively damages or disturbs skeletal and cardiac muscle functions starting on the lower limbs. Obviously by damaging the muscle, the lower limbs and other muscles affected become very weak. This is ultimately caused by the lack dystrophin, a protein the body produces.
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, also known as DMD, is the most common form of muscular dystrophy. Muscular dystrophy is a condition that is inherited, and it is when muscles slowly become more and more weak and wasted. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a form of muscular dystrophy that is very rapid and is most commonly found in boys. In muscle, there is a protein named dystrophin. Dystrophin is encoded by the DMD gene. When boys have Duchenne muscular dystrophy, they do not produce enough dystrophin in their muscles. This causes weakness in their muscles. Parents can tell if their child has duchenne muscular dystrophy by looking for various symptoms.
This is a crucial part because he finally committed to not letting alcohol control his life, something that has controlled him since his brother was killed. This was a huge step in Eddie’s character development.
In the same scheme, both in the movie and the book, the father is presented as abusive and alcoholic on many occasions. In words, the book gives a detailed account of the damages inflicted on Eddie by his father’s violence: “he went through his younger years whacked, lashed, and beaten.” (Albom 105) In the film, t...
As motor neurons degenerate, this obviously means they can no longer send impulses to the muscle fibers that otherwise normally result in muscle movement. Early symptoms of ALS often include increasing muscle weakness, especially involving the arms and legs, speech, swallowing or breathing. When muscles no longer receive the messages from the motor neurons that they require to function, the muscles begin to atrophy (become smaller). Limbs begin to look thinner as muscle tissue atrophies (Choi, 1988).
The interesting literary devices of using the protagonists birthdays illuminates details of Eddie’s character by giving us backstory about Eddie’s home life as well as character development as to what type of person Eddie develops into over time in a
Eddie work for an ocean-side amusement park as the head of maintenance. He seems to have been sucked in and stuck at his job because of certain things that have happened in his life. Injured in World War 2, Eddie now walks with a limp. Eddie is 83 years old when he passes away by trying to save a small child from a cart falling on one of the rides at the park, and when he tries to move the child out of the way the cart falls killing him.
Muscular Dystrophy is a genetic disorder in which your muscles drastically weaken over time. Muscles are replaced with “connective tissue,” which is more of a fatty tissue than a muscular one. The connective tissue is the tissue that is commonly found in scars, and that same tissue is incapable of movement. Although Muscular Dystrophy affects muscles in general, other types affect certain groups of muscles, and happen at different periods throughout a lifetime. For example one of the most common types, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, targets muscles in the upper thigh and pelvis. The disease is displayed throughout early childhood, usually between ages four and seven. This genetic disorder occurs only in boys. People have difficulty sitting up or standing and lose their ability to walk in their early teens. Sadly most people die by the age of twenty. A second common type, Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy affects the same muscles as Duchenne, but first appears in teenage years. Most people with Becker’s only live into their forties (Fallon 1824-1825).
Eddie may have lost his American Dream but, he had saved numerous amounts of people over the years by his maintenance work. Eddie can now replace regret with honor for all he has accomplished on earth. Eddie from the treatment of his father saw it was far easier to never express love to others. Eddie’s journey taught him that everyone is connected to each other so that one’s actions will influence someone else. Every life touches another and everything is connected it is all one big life. Eddie loved, hated, resented, appreciated, laughed, cried, cared, neglected, but life was truly a memorable
It is estimated that 1 out of every 5,600-7,700 boys ages 5-24 have Duchene or Becker muscular dystrophy. (“Data & Statistics,” 2012 April 6) Muscular dystrophy is a group of genetic diseases defined by muscle fibers that are unusually susceptible to damage. There are several different types of muscular dystrophy some of which shorten the affected person’s lifespan. (“Muscular dystrophy: Types and Causes of each form,” n.d.) There is a long history of the disorder but until recently there wasn’t much knowledge of the cause. (“Muscular Dystrophy: Hope through Research,” 16 April 2014) Symptoms are obvious and can be seen as soon as a child starts walking. (“Muscular Dystrophy,” 2012 January 19) Although muscular dystrophy mostly affects boys, girls can get it too. (“Muscular Dystrophy,” 2012 January 19) There is no cure for muscular dystrophy but there are several types of therapy and most types of muscular dystrophy are still fatal. (“Muscular Dystrophy: Hope through Research,” 16 April 2014)
Eddie was born on 29th of June 1936, he experienced a rough childhood as his mother passed 4 days sub
Well our character is 18 or 19 old that just finished High school. After he got home he told his parents he was leaving. Moved to Hollywood California. Eddie meet a girl who has a tattoo. They moved together and had a good life. Tom Pettys "into the great wide open" tells the narrative of Eddie's rockstar Carrier,using different tones, and realistic events.
Eddie then tries to grasp his father's attention, however he is unable to. The tale flashes back to Eddie’s 24th birthday within the hospital. Joe, Marguerite, Mickey Shea, Eddies father and mother all come to visit him. They all celebrate Eddies birthday by singing to him, except for his father. Meanwhile, Eddies father is not even close with the rest and is not paying attention to him at all.
His kind nature is shown when he acts as a father figure towards Catherine; "Well, tell me what happened. Come over here, talk to me. " This shows he has an interest in her problems, he uses a very comforting manner. Eddie is a family man and agrees straight away to help illegal immigrants.
Eddie. The blue man assures him that it was okay and that everything happens for a