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Overview
Vocabulary
ALS
Hypotonia
FOP
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What three types of doctors can treat conditions that affect the muscles?
rheumatologists, orthopedists, and neurologists
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What does ALS stand for?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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What is another name for ALS
Lou Gehrig's Disease
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What is Hypotonia?
Decreased muscle tone.
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What is FOB/what does it do?
fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva causes muscles, tendons, and ligaments to turn into bone
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What causes Muscular Dystrophy?
defective proteins and the death of cells
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What is Myositis?
any condition that causes inflammation of the muscles
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What are two effects of ALS?
weakness, loss of voluntary muscle control, loss of ability to breathe, death
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How can Hypotonia occur?
Damage to the brain, spinal cord, nerves, or muscles.
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What is the first sign of a child having FOP?
a deformed big toe
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What four things do muscular disorders affect?
Mobility, ability to breathe, ability to swallow, and ability to speak
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What are the extra-ocular muscles?
the muscles that control eye movement and eyelids
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What is the life expectancy post-diagnosis of ALS?
between 3-5 years
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Name 3 symptoms of hypotonia
Problems with mobility and posture, breathing and speech difficulties, ligament and joint laxity, and poor reflexes.
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Approximately how many people have FOP?
about 1 in every 2 million people
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How can infection cause Myositis?
Viruses or bacteria may invade muscle tissue directly, or release substances that damage muscle fibers.
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What is ossification?
the process of bone formation
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What physically happens to muscles in someone with ALS and why?
Muscles weaken from lack of use, because the neurons can't send movement signals to the muscles
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What are two treatments of Hypotonia?
Symptomatic and supportive therapy. Occupational and speech language therapy.
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What muscles (or grouping of muscles) are exempt from turning to bone in FOP patients?
the tongue, diaphragm, cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and extra-ocular muscles
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Name five causes of muscular disorders.
Injury/overuse, inherited genetic disorder, some cancers, inflammation, neuromuscular disease, infections, certain medicines
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**NO WORKSHEET** **DOUBLE POINTS WITH CORRECT PRONUNCIATION** What does FOP stand for?
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
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According to the video, what eventually develops as a result of having ALS for a long period of time?
paralysis of muscles
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What do occupational and speech-language therapy help improve? (Must have all 3 answers.)
Breathing, speech, and swallowing difficulties.
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Harry Eastlack's disease had become so severe, he could only do, what?
move his lips to speak