Doctors discover muscle disease that slowly leads to death

Doctors have discovered a hitherto unknown muscle disorder that can affect people between the ages of 30 and 50, just like the heart muscle where it slowly destroys the muscle and leads to death. According to doctors, in Sweden, Spain and Australia, the disease develops following the deformation of the protein myoglobin coding for the gene responsible for the binding and storage of oxygen in the muscles.

The doctors found that the gene was deformed in 14 people aged 33 to 49 belonging to 6 European families and not related. All these symptoms have been observed, including muscle weakness, which is not even allowed to rise naturally, or to squat or lie down.

This muscle disease develops gradually over a long period of time, over 10 years. Then it hits the airways and it becomes difficult for the patient to swallow anything. After 15 to 20 years, the patient becomes disabled and moves on a chair. Six of the 14 patients died of heart failure or breathing difficulties. Their illness lasted between 18 and 30 years.

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Biological samples taken from the deceased detected the molecular cause of the disease. Doctors say: "It turns out that the cause of the disease is the deformation of the MB gene, which encodes the protein Mioglobin, a deformation that causes misalignment and storage of oxygen, which is difficult to fight free radicals. and finally leads to the formation of protein impurities in the muscles and damage It was possible to treat the disease using drugs and medical preparations currently available According to the Russian surgeon Vladimir Krugli, this disease discovered by experts is added to the list of rare diseases and cancers caused by genetic abnormalities.

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