Becker Muscular Dystrophy Case Study
Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD) is a genetic disorder that typically appears with gradual muscle weakness. This condition is caused by mutations of a gene named Dystrophin. In this case, a 9-year-old boy with BMD also became diagnosed with epilepsy and dysgnosia. This young boy presented a relatively long history of episodic epileptic seizures. Compared to his peer group, his growth and development milestones were delayed. By the age of 14 months, he could run and walk like a normal child, however, he was not able to obtain good speech and mathematical abilities. By the age of seven, he experienced his first seizure that lasted up to one minute. This young boy’s seizure included convulsions with sudden loss of consciousness, turning of the eyes, and his head tilting to the left side, and his limbs were uncontrollable. When examined, the boy presented poor mathematical abilities and there were several enlarged muscles. All his nerve reflexes were normal with no dysfunctions present. From being examined by the laboratory after one week, tests revealed a poor intelligence quotient (IQ) of …show more content…
The symptoms of this disease usually show between 8-25 years of age. In this case of BMD, delayed growth and development were established, as well as signs of weakness in all muscles when extremities were examined, etc. Cases of BMD with epilepsy and dysgnosia as beginning symptoms are uncommon. BMD patients with mental disorders such as autism are also on record.
Overall, this report helped me to better understand all characteristics that are possible factors in BMD. This disease is fascinating, and the examinations used to diagnose it are fascinating as well. I believe that this article explained the disease very well and in a professional manor. This young man in the article had very professional people working to help him and I believe that they did a fantastic
Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD) is a genetic disorder that typically appears with gradual muscle weakness. This condition is caused by mutations of a gene named Dystrophin. In this case, a 9-year-old boy with BMD also became diagnosed with epilepsy and dysgnosia. This young boy presented a relatively long history of episodic epileptic seizures. Compared to his peer group, his growth and development milestones were delayed. By the age of 14 months, he could run and walk like a normal child, however, he was not able to obtain good speech and mathematical abilities. By the age of seven, he experienced his first seizure that lasted up to one minute. This young boy’s seizure included convulsions with sudden loss of consciousness, turning of the eyes, and his head tilting to the left side, and his limbs were uncontrollable. When examined, the boy presented poor mathematical abilities and there were several enlarged muscles. All his nerve reflexes were normal with no dysfunctions present. From being examined by the laboratory after one week, tests revealed a poor intelligence quotient (IQ) of …show more content…
The symptoms of this disease usually show between 8-25 years of age. In this case of BMD, delayed growth and development were established, as well as signs of weakness in all muscles when extremities were examined, etc. Cases of BMD with epilepsy and dysgnosia as beginning symptoms are uncommon. BMD patients with mental disorders such as autism are also on record.
Overall, this report helped me to better understand all characteristics that are possible factors in BMD. This disease is fascinating, and the examinations used to diagnose it are fascinating as well. I believe that this article explained the disease very well and in a professional manor. This young man in the article had very professional people working to help him and I believe that they did a fantastic