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Who Has Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy?

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Who Has Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy?

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DBMD affects approximately 1 out of every 3,500 to 6,000 boys. With over 4 million births in the United States each year, about 400 to 600 boys with DBMD are born every year. Girls rarely have DBMD. About one-third of the time, someone else in the family has DBMD, such as a brother, uncle, or cousin. But the other two-thirds of the time, the boy is the first one in the family to have DBMD. There are no known risk factors for these cases, so a boy with DBMD can be born into any family at any time. Likewise, a girl who is a carrier of DBMD (a female who has one copy of the DBMD mutation and therefore can pass it on to her sons) can be born into any family at any time. Later in life, carrier females sometimes develop heart problems and may have shortness of breath or may not be able to do moderate exercise. The chance that a carrier female will develop heart problems is unknown. These heart problems, if untreated, can be serious and life threatening. What Is CDC Doing About DBMD? In 2001,

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