Signs & Symptoms
Children with DMD often have trouble doing what with stairs?
Climbing
What French neurologist first described Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in the 1860s?
Guillaume Duchenne
Which medical device can help people breathe easier
Breathing machine/Ventilator
This disease causes muscles to weaken over time
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Parents can pass Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy to children through what process
Inheritance
Weak breathing muscles can affect what important body function?
Breathing
How long would you live if you used medical advences
30s-40s
Healthy eating can support your overall....
Health
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy causes muscles to become weaker and harder to....
Move
Scientists study inheritance to understand how traits are passed through....
Families
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy causes enlarged muscles in what part of the leg?
The calves
Early Doctors used observation to study diseases before advanced....?
Technology
What exercise can help maintain flexibility in DMD patients?
Stretching
People with DMD may eventually need this device to move around
A Wheelchair
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is usually linked to what chromosome?
DMD symptoms usually begin during what stage of life?
Childhood
Scientist later discovered that the dystrophin gene on what chromosome?
X Chromosome
Researchers continue searching for a cure for what disease?
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
This muscle helps pump blood and can also be affected by Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy?
The Heart
Doctors use what type of testing to look for DMD mutations?
Genetic testing
What organ can become weaker in later stages of DMD
Heart
Guillaume Duchenne also studied what part of the body?
Muscles
Which organ do doctor's monitor closely in DMD patients?
The Heart
DMD causes muscles to slowly do what?
weaken or breakdown
A person who can pass a gene mutation without having symptoms is called what?
A Carrier