Losing mental acuity and motor control, including the ability to walk and talk, are conditions commonly associated with the elderly who battle dementia. In West Yorkshire in the north of England, however, it is an ordeal faced by an unlikely patient – a three-year-old...
Ms Katie Walton, Joey’s mother, said she sought medical advice after noticing her son had begun suffering growth deficiencies and had difficulties walking, a motor skill he had picked up after his first birthday.“When we saw the physiotherapist, Joey had lost the ability to sit up too, so knew something was wrong.”
The group, set up by parents who had infants with MLD, said most children with late-infantile MLD die by age five, but often much sooner. Joey is a patient of late-infantile MLD, having experienced growth and development typical of other children his age until he was around 18 months old.In February 2023, the NHS reported that a 19-month-old pre-symptomatic girl was the first to receive gene therapy treatment through what it termed the most expensive drug licensed in Europe at £2.8 million for a course of treatment.
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