Muscular dystrophy is the term used to describe a group composed of more than 30 diseases that directly affect the muscular system. These diseases are of a genetic nature and are directly linked to the X chromosome. As already mentioned, this group of diseases causes damage to the muscles and their progressive degeneration, in addition to their malfunction, because it prevents muscle tissue from communicating with the brain. .
These diseases are commonly present in men, although women are asymptomatic carriers of the defective gene responsible for the disease.
