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Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Spinal Muscular Atrophy. By Robert Johnson . symptoms Infant. Can have a breathing difficulty Difficulty feeding, food may go down windpipe instead of stomach Floppy infant, poor muscle tone Lack of head control Little movements. Symptoms child. Much less symptoms then infant

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Spinal Muscular Atrophy

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  1. Spinal Muscular Atrophy By Robert Johnson

  2. symptoms Infant • Can have a breathing difficulty • Difficulty feeding, food may go down windpipe instead of stomach • Floppy infant, poor muscle tone • Lack of head control • Little movements

  3. Symptoms child • Much less symptoms then infant • A increase in severe respiratory infections, frequently • Nasal speech • Your posture begins to get worse

  4. 4 types • SMA type I- infants born with very little muscle tone, very weak and will have feeding and breathing problems • SMA type II- symptoms don’t start to appear until 6 months to 2 years • SMA type III- mild disease, starts in childhood/adolescence • SMA type IV- even milder, weakness starts in adulthood

  5. Prevalence • 4 in every 100,000 people have it, 1 in every 25,000 • 1 out of every 40 people are genetic carriers of the disease • When both parents have gene 1 of every 4 kids get it • You should check with your doctor before having kids if you have the gene

  6. Causes/transmitted • Most of the time to be affected the person has to get the defective gene from both of their parents autosomal recessive genetic disease • Missing or mutated gene SMN • Produces protein • Attacks nerve cells in spinal cord

  7. Treatments • No treatment for weakness caused by disease • Support care is very important • Attention to respiratory system • Physical therapy to prevent scoliosis

  8. Interesting facts • The second leading cause of Neuromuscular disease • People with SMA type I rarely live longer then 2-3 years • SMA is the number one genetic killer of children under the age of two.

  9. Work citied • Board, A.D.A.M. Editorial. Spinal Muscular Atrophy. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 18 Nov. 0000. Web. 17 Dec. 2012. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001991/>. • "Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy - What Causes Spinal Muscular Atrophy?" Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy - What Causes Spinal Muscular Atrophy? N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2012. <http://www.fsma.org/FSMACommunity/understandingsma/WhatCausesSMA/>. • "Spinal Muscular Atrophy: MedlinePlus." U.S National Library of Medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2012. <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spinalmuscularatrophy.html>.

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