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Essential Information regarding Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
- 14:22, 7th September 2018
- Test Organization
- Brain and Nerves
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
A type of sensory and motor neuro-therapy acquired hereditarily, the Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease damages the peripheral nerves of your legs and arms. This disease gives you weaker and smaller muscles which lead to numbness in the muscles and difficulty in walking due to contractions. You might even end up having high arches and hammertoes.
Symptoms of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Mostly occurring in early adulthood and in the adolescent period, there is no guarantee that you will not acquire this in your midlife. The common signs of this disease include:
# Severe weakness in ankles and feet
# Loss of bulk muscles in feet and legs
# Occurrence of hammertoes or curled toes
# An inability to run fast
# Facing problem while lifting the foot at the ankle
# A frequency in falling and tripping
# Having gait and foot arches
Since the Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is hereditary, the symptoms might vary from one member of the family another, depending on the age and how severe the problem is.
Causes of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Being hereditary, it can be understood the disease makes an appearance in your body due to the mutation of genes. Some mutations damage the nerves, while some end up damaging the myelin sheath.
Both result in uncoordinated messages passing between the brain and your extremities. When this happens, your feet fail to receive the signal from the brain at the right time, hence you end up tripping and falling.
Similarly, there is no feeling of sensation in your legs and if you have a blister or get any other injury on your leg, the sensation of pain does not reach up to your brain and you end up with infection in the affected area.
The initial stages of the disease attack the legs and feet, eventually spreading to arms and hands. Get advice from Curedit to prevent it at the right time.
