CMT (Muscular Dystrophy) is a neurological (affects the nervous system), hereditary (can be passed down through generations) disease. It is named after the three scientists who discovered it: Jean-Martin Charcot, Pierre Marie, and Howard Henry Tooth.
People with CMT slowly lose normal use of their arms, hands, legs and feet as the nerves degenerate. It is incurable, but luckily not usually life-threatening.
Current Pals who suffer from CMT are:
Anna-Mae C (14): Anna-Mae also has Cherubism, which means the bones in her face are being eaten by benign tumours, but luckily this condition will get better in time. Anna-Mae is doing very well at the moment.
(Picture credited to postpals.co.uk, information credited to various medical sites)
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