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September is #CMTAwareness Month, so #LetsBeatCMT!

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT) is an inheritable peripheral neuropathy that includes many motor and/or sensory neuropathies, axonopathies, myelinopathies, and neuronopathies.

With more than 130 genes implicated and growing every year, #CMT affects one in every 2,500 people — a rare disease subdivided into multiple subtypes, each with a lower prevalence.

Due to the effects on the nerves, people with CMT suffer lifelong progressive muscle weakness and atrophy of the arms and legs, and/or progressive sensory loss; and CMT can affect other parts of the body. There is no treatment or cure for this debilitating and often overlooked disease.

CMT leads to problems with balance, walking, and hand use. CMT can cause foot drop, chronic nerve pain, chronic muscle and joint pain, abnormal reflexes, fatigue, tremors, sleep apnea, hearing loss, breathing difficulties, and much more. Early signs of CMT can be toe-walking, especially in children; frequent trips and falls, frequent ankle sprains, and difficulty with handwriting, tying shoes, or buttoning a shirt.

To learn more, visit https://www.cmtausa.org/