Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Case Study

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease is the first disease on my list it is known as hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy or peroneal muscular atrophy. The peripheral never is outside of the brain and spinal cord and it supplies the muscles and sensory organs in the legs and arms. The way I would basically explain to a patient that this disease will challenge his or her gait. There is no cure of this disease but physical and occupational therapy will help with walking, leg braces may be an option to help the patient as much as possible with walking correctly. I would explain it is a deformity in the feet, foot drop and high arch. The ongoing research includes efforts to identify more of the mutant genes and proteins that cause the various disease subtypes.
There is ongoing research right now at the Researchers at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. They are working to get more knowledge and understand the process of why the immune system destroys or attacks the nerve insulating substance called myelin. Explaining to a patient about brachial plexus I would just simplify it by explaining how there is damaged to the brachial nerves and the symptoms include a limp or paralyzed arm. Furthermore,
I would include the brachial plexus is a network of nerves that conducts signals from the spine to the shoulder, arm, and hand. They may experience lack of muscle control in the arm, hand, or wrist; and a lack of feeling or sensation in the arm or hand. Brachial plexus injuries can occur as a result of shoulder trauma, tumors, or inflammation. The NINDS conducts and supports research on injuries to the nervous system such as brachial plexus injuries. Much of this research is aimed at finding ways to prevent and treat these