Is muscular dystrophy a genetic disease?

Patients with muscular dystrophy mainly show symptoms such as poor muscle function and muscle atrophy. Through electromyography, muscle damage can be found, and combined with MRI to identify the specific location of the lesion, comprehensive treatment is given. Many people are confused about the cause of muscular dystrophy and do not know whether it is related to genetics. So is muscular dystrophy a genetic disease?

Muscular dystrophy is indeed a genetic disease. It is a muscle disease caused by genetic factors. There is a certain regularity in inheritance. Women are carriers of the gene, while men are manifestations of the genetic symptoms. At present, muscular dystrophy cannot be completely cured. It can only be diagnosed through some medical examinations and the necessary nutritional support and care can be taken to alleviate the condition.

What are the genetic characteristics of muscular dystrophy? Muscular dystrophy is an X-chromosome recessive genetic disease. That is to say, the genetic gene is located on the X chromosome, and the male chromosome is XY. The muscular dystrophy gene in the male X chromosome will definitely occur, and the X chromosome must come from the mother. Simply put, as long as the male does not occur, then there must be no muscular dystrophy gene.

Women have two X chromosomes, one is normal and the other is carrying the muscular dystrophy gene. Since the muscular dystrophy gene is a recessive gene, the normal X chromosome can cover up the disease chromosome, so women are usually carriers and they may pass the bad X chromosome to the next generation. The genetic problem of muscular dystrophy is more complicated. If there is a patient with muscular dystrophy in the family, please go to a professional hospital for examination and medical history analysis to avoid the next generation carrying or muscular dystrophy.

Muscular dystrophy is not only caused by genetic factors, but also by genetic mutations. But at present, we do not fully understand the cause and pathogenesis of muscular dystrophy. Muscular dystrophy is a chronic disease that will cause great harm to the patient's body after onset. Patients should adhere to physical exercise and maintain a light and nutritious diet during treatment.