Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT)

Kitt · 05-06-2010, 04:59 PM

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is also known as Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathy (HMSN). There are many kinds of CMT (about 50 identified so far and there is no end in sight. They have DNA blood testing thru

http://www.athenadiagnostics.com/content/index.jsp

for at least 22+ types so far. The testing has been around since 1991. Before that there were no types of CMT. It was just called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) or Peroneal Muscle Atrophy.

Symptoms of CMT can become evident when you are young, old, or in-between. Or symptoms might not be that evident. CMT symptoms vary greatly even within the same family. CMT is inherited although there are "rare" cases where there is a spontaneous mutation.

Much research is being done but it will take years for a cure/treatment to be found. Then it will take much more time to develop one.

Here are some sites which may be of help.

http://www.charcot-marie-tooth.org/a...t/overview.php

Here is a Medic Alert list which is very important for someone with CMT.

http://www.charcot-marie-tooth.org/med_alert.php

Here is an important link concerning anesthestics for a person with CMT.

http://www.lindacrabtree.com/cmt/ane..._article1.html

Hereditary Neuropathy with liability to Pressure Palsies (HNPP) is the opposite of CMT1A. With CMT1A there is a duplication and with HNPP there is a deletion.

http://www.hnpp.org/

I hope that this will be of help.

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