So What is SMA anyway?
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a motor neuron disease. The motor neurons effect the voluntary muscles that are used for activities such as crawling, walking, head and neck control, and swallowing. It is a relatively common "rare disorder": approzimently 1 in every 6000 babies born are affected, about 1 in 40 people are genetic carriers.
Babies diagnosed with SMA will develops emotionally and intellectually as a normal child. They will laugh and play and not seem sick at all. Slowly, however, everyday activities will become more difficult and and voluntary muscles will begin to fail.
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