Charcot Marie Tooth UK
Working to support people with CMT
Unit 7a Churchill Court, 33 Palmerston Rd, Bournemouth, BH1 4HN Directionshttps://www.yell.com/biz/charcot-marie-tooth-uk-bournemouth-6777367/#view=map
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The UK's National Charity supporting people affected by Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the UK's most common inherited neurological condition, affecting 1 in 2500 of the population.
In brief, this is CMT
is not life threatening, but can cause significant disability.
is usually passed on from parent to child, with a 50% chance of the child inheriting the condition, and affects people very differently, even within the same family
slowly gets worse over time (is progressive), causing gradual deterioration of both the motor nerves and the sensory nerves, causing the atrophying of the muscles in the foot, lower leg, hand and forearm
can cause foot drop walking gait, foot bone abnormalities (including high arches and hammer toes), problems with hand function and dexterity, balance problems, cramps, loss of sensation and loss of normal reflexes
in many cases, causes long term pain and chronic tiredness
is thought to affect approximately 23,000 people in the UK
Affects all ethnic groups equally
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