Rare neurological disorder, Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT)

One of the most common hereditary neurological diseases is known as Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT). The most common subtype of this disease is type 1a. One in 2,500 people (2.7 million people in the world) can be seen. It is no longer a rare disease, and the number of people suffering from this disease is increasing day by day.

Charcot Marie Tooth

In this article, this is the most common occurrence type, so I will explain the type 1a subtype of this disease. However, although there are many other subtypes of this neurological disorder, we focus on type 1a in this article.

Typically, Charcot-Marie Tooth is classified as a disease of the muscular dystrophy family. As the signal from the nerve weakens, the muscles start to atrophy. The nerve closely resembles a general electric wire used for the passage of electricity. The same is the case of nerves, which provides the necessary signals for different muscles of the body, but sometimes these nerves become weak, and for some reason those nerves resist. As resistance increases, muscle efficiency decreases. This is what happens at Charcot-Mary Tooth. It usually starts with a peripheral limb (hand or foot). Although the arms and legs are suffering at first with this, it is assumed that more things are attached to this disease, only attacking the arms and legs, but it will have some effect on your whole body. Symptoms may vary from person to person. For example, at the age of ten, there may be people riding in a wheelchair, but at the same age another person may be marathoning.

Symptoms of Charcot Marie Tooth

The most common symptom of Charcot Marie Tooth is a high arched arch. These high arches are found especially in weak muscles and ankles, causing balance problems. People suffering from CMT cause many problems with foot and foot pain. In the case of children, these pain and back pain sometimes lead to misunderstanding that parents embrace pain and stumble. It is not easy to diagnose symptoms of CMT until diagnosed in your family or not diagnosed. CMT causes stumbling, high arches, written problems, restless leg syndrome and hammer toes. Other symptoms of CMT are burning on hands, legs, feet and arms, accompanied by high arch foot and calf pain. In conclusion, CMT in a general sense can be said to be a very painful disorder that requires treatment as soon as it is diagnosed.