Patient's question:
Main symptoms: Whole body muscle atrophy, unable to move. Onset time: June 2008. Test results:Doctor's answer:
Everyone knows that muscular dystrophy is a terrible and life-threatening chronic disease. Whether it is Duchenne muscular dystrophy (which lasts approximately 10 years from onset to death), or spinal muscular atrophy (which can last 10 to 15 years from onset to death), or the most severe and fastest-progressing ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which lasts only about 3 to 5 years from onset to death), all of these conditions severely endanger the patient's life. (ewstaret.com) (ewstaret.com)Over the years, the medical community has conducted extensive experiments and research on muscular dystrophy, achieving significant progress in understanding its pathology. However, no truly effective treatment methods or drugs have been found yet, nor has a reliable way to control the progression of the disease, reverse its course, or cure it been discovered. (ewstaret.com) (ewstaret.com)
The pathological and etiological characteristics of various types of muscular dystrophy (ewstaret.com) (ewstaret.com)
The pathological and etiological characteristics of muscular dystrophy involve metabolic and synthetic disorders in muscle or nerve cells. For example, Duchenne muscular dystrophy lacks a specific protein (Dystrophi), which prevents the synthesis of normal RNA to supply muscle cells, leading to muscle cell death and atrophy. Spinal muscular atrophy occurs when the cell membranes of motor neurons develop metabolic disorders, failing to absorb sufficient nutrients to meet the needs of nerve cells, resulting in the loss of neuron function, cell death, and subsequent muscle cell atrophy and death. ALS, on the other hand, is caused by metabolic disorders in the lateral fasciculus conducting fibers within the central spinal nerves, where the nerve fibers fail to receive adequate nutrition, leading to fiber cell death, loss of function, and gradual involvement of branch ganglia throughout the body. This results in a rapid decline in overall function, progression to an advanced stage, and ultimately life-threatening complications.
Friend, in this world, don’t lose hope—keep striving and working hard. Your father’s condition will surely improve.-