One way to end Charcot Marie Tooth?
One way to end CMT is for people that have it to refrain from having their own dna offspring. I was told in 1980 by a genetics counselor I had a 50/50 chance with each pregnancy to have a child with Charcot-Marie-Tooth. My first reaction at that young age was based on the 2 people that I knew who had it my father whose symptoms were so slight he did not know until I was diagnosed that he had it, and myself. I had corrective foot surgeries in 1977 and 1978 that changed my life - I thought forever! CMT wasn't so bad I thought and medical care just keeps getting better so I ignored the warnings including the concern for my physical ability to handle pregnancy and birth, I just did not equate the two with CMT and possible progression of my disease which did occur with each pregnancy. I rolled the dice so to speak because I wanted children so badly and it never occurred to me that if I did pass on CMT and that it could be worse or progress faster than mine had, I got lucky, 3 kids no C...