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Mitochondrial Disease

Mitochondria in the cells don't produce enough energy - they don’t receive the instructions they need from your DNA to make energy.

> damages cells or cause them todie early => affects how your organs and organ systems function => leads to symptoms. > depending on which cells within the body have disrupted mitochondria, different symptoms may occur. > array of health concerns, including fatigue, weakness, metabolic strokes, seizures, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, developmental or cognitive disabilities, diabetes, impairment of hearing, vision, growth, liver, gastrointestinal, or kidney function, and more. > increased risk of mitochondrial disease if it runs in your family or if you have a condition that causes secondary mitochondrial dysfunction (such as Alzheimer’s disease, muscular dystrophy, type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis or cancer). > affects both adults and children.

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