I-dystrophy yama-muscular (MD) yiqembu okuthiwa "i- X-linked" ukukhathazeka ngokofuzo okubangela ukuqina kobuthakathaka obuqhubekayo nokuguqulwa kwemisipha yokulawula imisipha. Ngokusho kweNational Institutes of Health, ezinye izinhlobo ze-MD zibonakaliswa ebuntwaneni noma ebuntwaneni ngenkathi abanye bengabonakali kuze kube phakathi kweminyaka yobudala noma kamuva.
Izingozi Zezingozi
Ukuba i-X-linked, i-dystrophy ye-muscular cishe ithinta abesilisa, nabafana abaningi bazuza i-mutation evela kumama wabo.
Cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu zezingane ezine-muscular dystrophy, unina akayena ophethe i-MD futhi bayithuthukisa njengenguquko entsha.
Abangu-1 kuwo wonke ama-3 500 kuya ku-5000 abafana bazalwa abane-MD, abanamacala amasha angu-400 kuya kwangu-600 ngonyaka ngamunye e-United States.
I-Duchenne MD iyindlela ejwayelekile kunazo zonke ze-dystrophy ye-muscular futhi ibangelwa ukungabikho kweprotheyini dystrophin. Lesi yisifo esibulalayo esithuthuka ngokushesha, nabaningi abagulayo (abangabafana bonke abafana) abakwazi ukuhamba baneminyaka engu-12 futhi badinga ukuphefumulela ukuphefumula.
I-Becker MD ifana nokuncane kakhulu kune-Duchenne MD. I-Facioscapulohumeral MD ivame ukuqala eminyakeni yobusha futhi ibangele ubuthakathaka obuqhubekayo emisipha yobuso, izingalo, imilenze, kanye nasemaphandleni nasesifuba. Ihamba kancane kancane kunokuba i-Duchenne's kanye nezimpawu zivela komnene kuya kukhubaza.
Ifomu elidala kakhulu le-disorder yi-Myotonic MD. Izimpawu zalo zihlanganisa ukuphazamiseka kwemisipha, izidakamizwa, kanye ne-endocrine nokukhubazeka kwenhliziyo.
Ngokusho kwamaCentral for Disease Control, "kunezokwelapha ezimbalwa ezingasiza ekunciphiseni ukuqhuma kwesisu, njengokusebenzisa ama-steroids, kodwa akukho ukwelashwa."
Izimpawu ze-Dycular Dystrophy ku-Toddlers
Izimpawu zikaDuchenne MD ziqala ukubonisa lapho umntwana ephakathi kweminyaka engama-3 no-6 ubudala futhi bayaqaphela ukuthi ingane yabo inenkinga ngamakhono emoto.
Ingane ingase iwa phansi kaningi, kunzima ukuvuka lapho ehlezi noma elele phansi, noma unzima ukukhwela izitebhisi. Izingane zingase zihambe namahlombe ziphoqele emuva noma ezinzwaneni zazo ngendlela ye-waddle, noma zingase zibaleke zihamba zodwa. Abazali bangabona nokuthi ingane ikhulise imisipha yamathole, ngenxa ye-pseudohypertrophy. Ukhathele kalula ngesikhathi sokusebenza komzimba kungokomunye uphawu lwe-MD.
Ukuxilongwa
Uma udokotela wakho wezingane esolwa ukuthi ingane yakho ingaba ne-muscular dystrophy, cishe izoqala ngokuhlola izinga le-creatine kinase (CK) engxenyeni yengane yakho. Le enzyme ye-muscle iphezulu kakhulu ezinganeni ezine-dystrophy yemisipha.
Uma udokotela wakho ethola izinga eliphezulu le-CK, cishe bazokwenza ukuhlolwa kwe-DNA ukuze babheke ukuguqulwa kwegesi okwenza i-dystrophin. Uma lokhu kuhlolwa kofuzo kungalungile, kungenzeka ukuthi i-biopsy ye-muscle ingenziwa ukuqinisekisa ukuxilongwa kwe-muscular dystrophy.
Ukuhlola Okusanda Kuzalwa
Nakuba kungenzeka ukuhlola izingane ezisanda kuzalwa ukuze zihlolwe i-muscular dystrophy ngokuhlola izinga labo lokudala i-creatine, akukwenziwa njalo. Enye yezinkinga ezinkulu ukuthi kuphela amaphesenti angu-10 ezelwe amantombazane anezinga eliphezulu le-CK empeleni ayoba ne-dystrophy yemisipha. Amanye amaphesenti angama-90 azoba namazinga e-CK abuyele evamile uma emasontweni ambalwa ubudala.
Ukwelapha
I-NIH ibika ukuthi "ukuchazwa kwe-MD kuyahlukahluka ngokusho kohlobo lwe-MD nokuqhubekela phambili kwesifo." Amanye amacala angase abe mnene futhi athuthuke kancane kancane ngokuphila okuvamile, kuyilapho ezinye izimo zingase zibe nomthelela obala kakhulu wobuthakathaka bemisipha, ukukhubazeka komsebenzi, nokulahlekelwa ikhono lokuhamba. Uma ingane yakho inesifo se-MD, ungafunda kabanzi mayelana necala lomntwana wakho njengoba uwakha ithimba lakho labaqeqeshiwe bezempilo.
Imithombo:
Izikhungo zokuLawula izifo. Duchenne / Becker Treatment kanye Nokunakekelwa. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/musculardystrophy/treatments.html.
Izikhungo zezempilo zikazwelonke. Ikhasi Lolwazi lwe-Muscular Dystrophy.
> https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Muscular-Dystrophy-Information-Page.