Mitochondrial Disease(Mitochondrial Myopathies) are a group of neuromuscular diseases caused by faulty or damaged mitochondria. The energy converters of the body cannont change refined sugars that the body intakes and changes itto ATP. ATP is the currency that our body uses for energy. Nerve cells to the brain and muscles require the mostenergy from the body so when mitochondrial myopathies occurs several symptoms would effect the brain and or muscles.Their are many types of mitochondrial disease because it can effect any organ, muscle and nerves.
Symptoms include poor growth, loss of muscle coordination, muscle weakness, visual problems, hearing problems, learning disabilities, mental retardation, heart disease, liver disease, kidney disease, gastrointestinal disorders, respiratory disorders,neurological problems, autonomic dysfunction, and dementia.
Causes of Mitochondrial Disease are possible threw Mutation, acquired or inherited. Drugs and Infections can also cause the mitochondria to become faulty.Mitochondrial DNA mutations occur frequently, due to the lack of the error checking capability that mitochondrial DNA has.This means that mitochondrial DNA disorders may occur spontaneously and relatively often. Defects in enzymes that control mitochondrial DNA replication may also cause mitochondrial DNA mutations.The effects of mitochondrial disease can be quite varied. Since the distribution of the defective mitochondrial DNA may vary from organ to organ within the body, someone with faulty mitochondria cells in the brain may suffer from dementia when someone with faulty cells in the liver might have liver failure.
Having to live with this disease would make my life not worth living at all, My passion is physical activities
and is my strongest attribute as a person, I wouldn't want to live if i couldn't push my body to the limits that
I currently reach. Living with this disease would bring along numerous surgeries. Having this disease would erase the ideal life that a person would want to live because usually the person spends their life on a hospital bed, dependent on IV's for survival consisting of nutrients for the body and IV fluid each day, also a machine to assist breathing. Basic functions make you exhausted. Its hard for people who suffer from mito to keep up with friends and society, causing them to have a lower self esteem and possibly acquire depression.
Mitochondrial Disease is mysterious and experts are working hard to find a cure and better treatment. The symptoms can be so vast which makes it all that harder to pin point a cure. The causes of mito are simply natural and cant stop it from happening. Having to live with disease would destroy my life and I don't think i could deal with being taken care of. This disease is as common as cystic fibrosis.
Connor Ferguson
Connor, you need tospend some time fixing the typos.
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