Today we learned about muscular dystrophy, and Chelsea presented her case study about Jonah Marlin. He has MD in the most common form and has muscle atrophy and weakness. It occurs mainly in boys with a defective gene in the muscle protein. There is no cure for MD, and Jonah was diagnosed at age 5 years. His brother also has muscular dystrophy. Chelsea told us that males have a greater chance of getting muscular dystrophy because males have XY chromosomes and females have XX chromosomes, so since it affects the X chromosome, females have another X if it was affected. Chelsea said that Jonah was able to walk once but then as the disease progressed, he became weaker and now has to use a power wheelchair. Jonah had PT, OT, and did equine therapy as a preventative measure. Chelsea said that she would recommend a weighted fork, sliding board, and universal cuff for him. Chelsea did a really great job with this presentation!
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