Iconic Symptoms Of Different Types Of Muscular Dystrophy

Learning Difficulties

Learning difficulties is a term used to describe when an individual is not able to process problems efficiently, making it hard to acquire knowledge, learn skills, read, and write. These learning difficulties may also involve problems with time management, memory, organizational skills, abstract reasoning, and attention span. The relationship between such learning difficulties and muscular dystrophy in an affected individual is not well understood by the medical community, but it is thought to be associated with the mutations in the individual's DNA that cause both muscular dystrophy and abnormal brain function. Certain proteins that are not produced in a muscular dystrophy patient also carry out important functions in the brain tissues, which may produce cognitive impairments and learning difficulties.