BY: MIKI KENNERLY & JACOB HEISEL

PERIOD 3

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

History

Guillaume-Benjamin-

Amand-Duchenne

discovered muscular

dystrophy in the 1860’s

in France.

He built a “portable electrical device” used to view muscles in response to health and disease.

Commonly referred to as “Duchenne De Boulogne”

General Information

• Symptoms

• Fatigue

• Learning disabilities

• Muscle weakness

• Walking ability

may be lost by the

age of 12,

• Heart disease /

breathing

difficulties

• Life Expectancy: 25• No cure: treatments include:• Albuteral- commonly used to treat asthma• Fish oil• Green tea extracts• Vitamin E

Testing for Muscular Dystrophy

• Testing:• Genetic tests

• Muscle biopsy

Facts

Alfredo Ferrari had

muscular dystrophy. He

designed the 1.5 L DOHC

V6 engine for F2 at the end

of 1955 for his father, Enzo.

He died June 30, 1956 at

the age of 24.

A man living in Toledo, OH is 40 years old and is living with muscular dystrophy. (2011)

Attributes

Children With DMD

Works Cited

Cheetam, Caroline. “In Just a few years this lively little boy will be in a wheelchair. It’s a tragedy that could hit ANY family.” 13 Jun. 2012. Web. 22 Feb 2013. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2157820/Duchenne-muscular-dystrophy-In-just-years-lively-little-boy-wheelchair-Its-tragedy-hit-ANY-family.html>

Medline Plus. “Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.” 24 Jan 2013. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000705.htm>

"Cleveland Clinic." Web. 23 Feb. 2013. < http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/muscular_dystrophy/hic_muscular_dystrophy.aspx>

"DMD Fund - Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Info." Web. 23 Feb. 2013. <http://www.dmdfund.org/dmd_duchenne_muscular_dystrophy.html>

US Library of Medicine. "Result Filters." Web. 23 Feb. 2013. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16225184>

“Toledoan with Duchenne MD reaches a milestone.” Web. 24 Feb. 2013. <http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=8304114>