DM1 and CMyD are caused by an abnormal trinucleotide (CTG) repeat expansion in the DM1 locus on chromosome 19q13.3. DM2 is caused by an abnormal tetranucleotide (CCTG) repeat expansion in the DM2 locus on chromosome 3q21. Exactly how the expansions in the DMPK and ZNF9 genes result in DM are unknown. Researchers hypothesize that after the repeat expansion is transcribed in RNA, the RNA has a pathogenic effect that disrupts cellular function. For example, in the case of DM1, the CTG repeat expansion (transcribed as CUG in the RN ...

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While there is no cure for myotonic dystrophy, managing the clinical manifestations of the disorder can greatly improve the quality of life of individuals affected with this disorder. Myotonic dystrophy - Myotonia. Because myotonia precedes weakness in adult onset DM, electromyograms can aid in the assessment of disease progression. Myotonia can be controlled with phenytoin, carbamazepine, or quinine su ...

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Individuals affected with DM1 and DM2 can present with a range of symptoms, including myotonia, muscle weakness and wasting, cataracts, foot drop, hyperinsulinism, and smooth muscle problems. Weakness of the voluntary muscles in the arms and legs tends to be the first symptom noticed by affected individuals. The prolonged muscle spasms and stiffening that characterize myotonia are caused by irregularities in the ion channels of the muscle membr ...

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DNA diagnostic tests that measure the length of the CTG repeat expansion responsible for DM1 can now establish the diagnosis of DM1 with molecular certainty. These tests have supplanted the extensive clinical workup formerly required to document the multi-systemic clinical features of the disorder. The recent identification of the CCTG repeat expansion in the ZNF9 gene has made it possible to quantify the length of the expansion implicated in DM2, as well. Individuals testing positive for DM1 and DM2 should receive annual cardiac and ...

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Although DM is inherited as a classic autosomal dominant disease, incomplete penetrance, possible anticipation, and extreme variation in clinical expression make genetic counseling a critical component of DM diagnosis and case management. Genetic counseling encompasses the clinical, technical and psychosocial components of genetic testing and disease. The genetic counseling process is an opportunity for patients to explore their questions and concerns about genetic disease and testing, as well as a mean ...

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DM2 is phenotypically similar to DM1. Affected individuals may present with proximal and distal limb weakness, myotonia, cardiac arrhythmias, frontal balding and cataracts. Unlike DM1, there is no reported correlation between repeat expansion size and age of onset and severity of symptoms for DM2. In addition, there is no reported congenital form of the disorder. ...

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The clinical findings of DM1 can be categorized into three overlapping phenotypes - mild, classical and congenital (CMyD). Myotonic dystrophy - Mild DM. Individuals affected with the mild DM phenotype may lead active lives and be unaware that they have the disorder. If they note muscle weakness or mild myotonia, they may attribute it to "stiffness" or arthritis. Clinical findings of cataracts or diabetes mellitus, in the absence of marked muscle weakness, pronounced myotonia, or family history of DM, are u ...

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Diabetes mellitus is a medical disorder characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (elevated blood sugar levels), especially after eating. All types of diabetes mellitus share similar symptoms and complications at advanced stages. Hyperglycemia itself can lead to dehydration and ketoacidosis. Longer-term complications include cardiovascular disease (doubled risk), chronic renal failure (it is the main cause for dialysis), retinal damage which can lead to blindness, nerve damage which can lead to erectile dysfunction (impoten ...

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Diabetes mellitus is a medical disorder characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (elevated blood sugar levels), especially after eating. All types of diabetes mellitus share similar symptoms and complications at advanced stages. Hyperglycemia itself can lead to dehydration and ketoacidosis. Longer-term complications include cardiovascular disease (doubled risk), chronic renal failure (it is the main cause for dialysis), retinal damage which can lead to blindness, nerve damage which can lead to erectile dysfunction (impoten ...

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Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body. Causes of atrophy include poor nourishment, poor circulation, loss of hormonal support, loss of nerve supply to the target organ, disuse or lack of exercise, or disease intrinsic to the tissue itself. Hormonal and nerve inputs that maintain an organ or body part are referred to as trophic. Atrophy is a general physiological process of reabsorption and breakdown of tissues, involving apoptosis on a cellular level. It can be part of normal body developm ...

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Diabetes mellitus - Signs and symptoms. Type 2 diabetes almost always has a slow onset (often years), but in type 1, particularly in children, onset may be quite fast (weeks or months). Early symptoms of type 1 diabetes are often polyuria (frequent urination) and polydipsia (increased thirst, and consequent increased fluid intake). There may also be weight loss (despite normal or increased eating), increased appetite, and irreducible fatigue. These symptoms may also manifest in Type 2 diabetes i ...

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Hypertonic patients may display a variety symptoms that indicate decreased muscle tone. Motor skills delay is often observed, along with hypermobile or hyperflexible joints, drooling and speech difficulties, poor reflexes, decreased strength, decreased activity tolerance, rounded shoulder posture, with leaning onto supports, and poor attention and motivation. The extent and occurence of specific symptoms depends upon the underlying cause, and which muscles are involved. For instance, some hypertonics may experience constipation ...

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Diabetes mellitus - Signs and symptoms. Type 2 diabetes almost always has a slow onset (often years), but in type 1, particularly in children, onset may be quite fast (weeks or months). Early symptoms of type 1 diabetes are often polyuria (frequent urination) and polydipsia (increased thirst, and consequent increased fluid intake). There may also be weight loss (despite normal or increased eating), increased appetite, and irreducible fatigue. These symptoms may also manifest in Type 2 diabetes in patients who ...

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Diabetes mellitus - Signs and symptoms. Type 2 diabetes almost always has a slow onset (often years), but in type 1, particularly in children, onset may be quite fast (weeks or months). Early symptoms of type 1 diabetes are often polyuria (frequent urination) and polydipsia (increased thirst, and consequent increased fluid intake). There may also be weight loss (despite normal or increased eating), increased appetite, and irreducible fatigue. These symptoms may also manifest in type 2 diabetes i ...

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Hypertonic patients may display a variety of symptoms that indicate decreased muscle tone. Motor skills delay is often observed, along with hypermobile or hyperflexible joints, drooling and speech difficulties, poor reflexes, decreased strength, decreased activity tolerance, rounded shoulder posture, with leaning onto supports, and poor attention and motivation. The extent and occurence of specific symptoms depends upon the age of the patient, the severity of the hypotonia, the specific muscles affected, and sometimes the underlying cause. For instance, some hypertonics may experience constipation ...

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Although diabetes has been recognized since antiquity, and treatments were known since the Middle Ages, the elucidation of the pathogenesis of diabetes occurred mainly in the 20th century6. Until 1921, when insulin was first discovered and made clinically available, a clinical diagnosis of what we now call type 1 diabetes was an invariable death sentence, more or less quickly. Non-progressing type 2 diabetics almost certainl ...

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The word diabetes was coined by Aretaeus (81–133 CE) of Cappadocia. The word is taken from Greek diabaínein, and literally means "passing through", or "siphon", a reference to one of the diabetes major symptoms of excessive urine discharge. The word became "diabetes" from the English adoption of the medieval Latin diabetes. In 1675 Thomas Willis added mellitus to the name (Greek mel, "honey", sense "honey sweet") when he noted that a diabetic's urine and blood has a sweet taste (first noticed by ancient Indians). In 1776 it was confirmed the sweet taste was becaus ...

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In 2004, according to the World Health Organization, more than 150 million people worldwide suffered from diabetes. Its incidence is increasing rapidly, and it is estimated that by the year 2025, this number will double. Diabetes mellitus occurs throughout the world, but is more common (especially type 2) in the more developed countries. The greatest increase in prevalence is, however, expected to occur in Asia and Africa, where most of the diabetic patients will be seen by 2025. The increase in incidence of diabetes in the developing countries follows ...

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The Declaration of St Vincent was the result of international efforts to improve the care accorded to diabetics. Doing so is important if only economically. Diabetes is enormously expensive for healthcare systems and governments. In North America it is the largest single non-traumatic cause in adults of amputation, blindness, and dialysis, all extremely expensive events. Work in the Puget Sound area of North America (by the health organization Group Health) shows that, over its large and varied patient population, specially retaining ...

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