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Managing Your Child's Heart Health with Muscular Dystrophy: A Parent's Guide to Cardiomyopathy Monitoring
...cardiomyopathy by adulthood. The cardiac muscle weakens for the same reason skeletal muscle does: the absence or malfunction of dystrophin, a protein that stabilizes...Others maintain normal heart function into their late teens. Steroids slow skeletal muscle decline and appear...
Special Needs > Muscular Dystrophy
Understanding and Supporting Muscular Dystrophy
...can affect different muscle groups and cause different symptoms. Muscular dystrophy can affect many parts of the body: Muscles for moving, called skeletal muscles Heart muscle Muscles for breathing Muscles for speaking and swallowing As the disease gets worse, it can cause problems like trouble walking,...
Special Needs > Down Syndrome
What is Down Syndrome?
...problems, intestinal problems (blocked small bowel or celiac disease), problems with memory or concentration, eye problems (such as cataracts), or skeletal problems. Most individuals with Down syndrome have an intellectual disability, and they often have IQs within the mild to moderate range. Speech...