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Nutritional deficiencies in muscular dystrophy patients Nutritional deficiencies in muscular dystrophy patients Nutritional deficiencies in muscular dystrophy patients Muscular dystrophy (MD) referred to a “group of more than 30 genetic diseases that caused progressive weakness and degeneration of skeletal muscles used during voluntary movement” (NINDS, 2011).... Progressive weakening and the degeneration of the skeletal muscles causing problems in walking were the main features of this severe illness....
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DMD symptom management The focus of this study is the symptom management of neuromuscular and skeletal muscles.... From this assessment, CDC expert panelists came up with management interventions for the neuro and skeletal muscles for a DMD patient at the stage in which this patient is.... The review concludes that other supplements could be used to manage the neuro and skeletal muscles weaknesses such as coenzyme Q10, carnitine, and antioxidants such as fish oils, vitamin E, green tea extracts and amino acids....
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hellip; These are considered the largest group of muscle diseases that present during the earlier years of life.... Muscular dystrophy is defined as a group of more than thirty diseases that are described by the presenting features of progressive muscle weakness and muscle wasting.... Muscular dystrophies are autosomal inherited diseases and can either be autosomal recessive or autosomal dominant.... Most skeletal muscle weakness has a “limb-girdle” pattern in which the proximal muscles are weaker as compared to the distal group of muscles....
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(Name) (Instructors' name) (Course) (Date) Muscular Dystrophy Introduction According to Emery (21), muscular dystrophy is a family of muscle diseases that degenerate the musculoskeletal system and limit locomotion/mobility.... According to the Office of Rare diseases (ORD) _a department of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) _ muscular dystrophy is a “rare disease”.... CPK, an enzyme, is usually found in the skeletal muscle, brain, and heart....
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Detailed Functions of the Skeleton
The functions of the skeleton include providing support for soft tissues, production of red blood cells, storage of minerals and lipids, and coordination of the muscular system to effect movement and support for the body, in order to carry out the will of the individual concerning any activity that requires physical movements (“The skeletal System” 2013).... Finally, still in terms of the movement function, bones meet other bones at joints in order to allow varying degrees of movement (“The skeletal System – Introduction” 2013)....
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Another preventive action of CoQ10 is its action against cardiovascular diseases.... The subsequent low CoQ10 levels compromise muscular and neuronal functions severely.... For this reason, patients have been introduced to oral CoQ10 supplements which have been shown to improve muscular and neurological symptoms in some of the patients suffering from CoQ10 deficiency....
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Thalassemia is a Greek word for sea blood that is, the place of origin of where the disorder was first discovered among people living around the Mediterranean Sea (Ortner, 2003).... To date, the cases of Thalassemia are still high in these regions, and the genes carrying the… Thalassemia affects both men and women and occurs in an estimated 1 of every 100000 individuals worldwide....
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Studies have identified plasticity of muscles as an important element… MS forms part of neuromuscular disease is a cluster of over twenty diseases whose effects impairs nerves, muscles and synapses between them.... Together with other diseases such as Myasthenia gravis, Parkinson, it has been established that muscular involvement in these diseases arises from the neuromuscular connection.... Muscle is an integral part of the skeletal and even visceral parts of the human body....
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