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Originally Posted by Susanne C.
CMT is Charcot Marie Tooth, also known as hereditary sensory motor neuropathy. There is no way of knowing how many idiopathic cases are actually hereditary. I was not able to get medical history from my father which delayed my diagnosis,but many people do not realize they have it, or it may even skip a generation. How are you on steps? Are the muscles in back of your legs unusually tight?
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Hi Suzanne,
CMT does not really skip a generation. It's just that symptoms might not be that evident and so they are blamed on something else.
You are quite right that many people do not realize that CMT is what they have. There are so very many types of it. There are mutations which are considered rare. CMT has often been misdiagnosed as something else even today. A person needs to have a neurologist who is an expert when it comes to CMT.
Symptoms can become evident when you are young, old or in-between. Or as I said they may not be that evident. Symptoms vary greatly even within the same family. It is complicated for sure.
