February 27, 2014 | Posted in Uncategorized | By drsmespinoza
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Muscular System Disorders
Muscular and Neuromuscular disorders can have a wide range of causes, from a virus to congenital abnormalities. Today I want you to get an overview of a few of the more commonly occurring neuromuscular disorders. You will need to know basic information about each of these and you will be choosing one of these disorders as a project topic.
Look up the following muscular system disorders and for each write down:
What Causes it
Who is most commonly affected?
What are the symptoms of the disorder?
What is the treatment?
What is the prognosis?
Muscular Dystrophy
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/musculardystrophy/
Tetanus
Botulism
http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/divisions/dfbmd/diseases/botulism/
Myasthenia Gravis
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/myasthenia_gravis/detail_myasthenia_gravis.htm
Huntington’s disease
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001775/
Start Your Project
Which muscular disorder are you going to choose for your project?
What is the most interesting thing about this disease or disorder?
Find three credible resources that you are going to use to support your writing?
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If you were going to educate the public, or a group of people, about this disease, what do you want them to know?