What is World Duchenne Awareness Day?
Every year on September 7th, World Duchenne Awareness Day honors infant boys who live with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). (DMD) is a registered disability in the United States. It's also a day to raise concerns of this genetic disorder..
1 in every one of 5,000 boys is born with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Progressive muscle degeneration and weakness are typical of this genetic disorder. uscle degeneration is triggered by a protein called dystrophin. Dystrophin is the protein that maintains muscle cells intact. This protein is also lacking in the brain for those with DMD. Children with DMD often have learning difficulties and behavioral problems as a result of their autism..
Girls can also be carriers of this disease, but only moderately affected. Boys are more likely to be affected by the disease. Boys are also affected by DMD, which also affects boys more severely.
DMD has several common signs such as::
