Charcot Marie Tooth

This Universal Sound Therapy Protocol was designed specifically to help your body overcome Charcot Marie Tooth.

Description

Are you or someone you love suffering from Charcot-Marie-Tooth and associated symptoms? At Universal Sound Therapy, we deal with all sorts of issues including Charcot-Marie-Tooth with our sound therapies.

Our Charcot Marie Tooth sound therapy helps by:

• Decreased or minimized occurrence of loss of muscle bulk in legs and feet
• Has the correct frequencies to help your body retune itself
• Aligns and opens your Chakra system
• Opens and cleans up your meridians
• Helps your body heal itself

Short Description of Charcot-Marie-Tooth

The condition refers to a group of inherited disorders that result in damage to the nerve. The focus of the damage lies mostly in the arms and legs or the peripheral nerves. It is also called hereditary and sensory neuropathy.

Symptoms

Signs and symptoms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease may include:

• Weakness in your legs, ankles and feet
• Loss of muscle bulk in your legs and feet
• High foot arches
• Curled toes (hammertoes)
• Decreased ability to run
• Difficulty lifting your foot at the ankle (foot drop)
• Awkward or higher than normal step (gait)
• Frequent tripping or falling
• Decreased sensation or a loss of feeling in your legs and feet

About Charcot-Marie-Tooth

Charcot Marie Tooth is a hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy or peroneal muscular atrophy disorder. The peripheral nerves are located outside the main central nervous system. They are responsible for control of the muscles and relay sensory information like the sense of touch, from the limbs to the brain.

Patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth may have muscle weakness felt in the hands, legs, ankles and feet. They may also have an awkward way of walking, a highly arched or very flat feet and also numbness of the arms, hands and feet. Patients with Charcot Marie Tooth disease begin to experience symptoms between the ages of 5 and 15 but they also sometimes do not develop until well into middle age or much later.

Etiology of Charcot-Marie-Tooth

CMT or Charcot-Marie-Tooth is an inherited disease of one of the many genes whose function is related to the development of the peripheral nerves. This results to the nerves becoming damaged over time. A child that has inherited the disease may have gotten it from one or both their parents.

Risk Factors for CMT

Since the disease is a hereditary condition, it happens when there are mutations present in the gene or genes that affect the nerves of the feet, legs, hands and arms. Other gene mutations can also damage not just the nerve itself but the myelin sheath, the coating that surrounds the nerves. You are at risk for the condition if you have a first degree relative that was diagnosed with CMT.

Diagnosis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth

The doctor will do a detailed personal and family history including a thorough physical examination. Further tests may also be requested such as a nerve conduction test, EMG or electromyography, a nerve biopsy, and genetic testing.

Types of Charcot-Marie-Tooth

• CMT 1 – the most common type, caused by defective genes that cause the myelin sheath to slowly break down
• CMT 2 – a less common and usually less severe type than CMT 1, caused by defects in the axon
• CMT 3 (Dejerine-Sottas syndrome) – a rare and severe type of CMT that affects the myelin sheath
• CMT 4 – another rare and severe type of CMT that affects the myelin sheath
• CMT X – caused by a mutation in the X chromosome, and more common in men than women

Complications

The complications that arise from Charcot-Marie-Tooth may vary in severity from patient to patient. Foot abnormalities and difficulty walking are the ones that cause the most serious issues. Patients may also experience dyspnea or difficulty breathing. Some may have swallowing and speaking problems.