1. Mitochondrial Disease A Presentation By Nico Tapiero

2. Introduction
Human body is made up of cells, and the mitochondria in the cells make energy for the cells from food (cellular respiration)
Cells have many mitochondria within them
In Mitochondrial Disease, the cell’s mitochondria malfunction and do not give energy to the cell
Cells make up tissues, tissues make up organs, organs make up organ systems, and organ systems make up organisms
Damaged cells can do a lot of damage to the body

3. Causes Mitochondrial Disease is hereditary
Also can be caused by unknown mitochondrial mutations and mitochondrial toxins
Toxins will interact with the mitochondria in the cells and will lead to the disease
Any tissue can be damaged, and the amount of damage depends on how many mitochondria are affected and in which cells
The disease damages the cells by making them have less energy and not function properly.

4. Symptoms
Mitochondrial Disease is also known as “The Invisible Disease” because it has many symptoms, and a health care worker could confuse it with other diseases
Unique symptoms: muscle weakness, blindness, deafness, mental retardation, diabetes, and heart blocks
There is no way to tell how sick a person will get and for how long, because there are many different symptoms
Mitochondrial Disease can be fatal because of its fatal symptoms

5. Epidemiology
Mitochondrial Disease was first discovered in the early 1960’s in Stockholm, Sweden by Lars Ernster and Rolf Luft
Mitochondrial Disease is mostly specific to families of people with mitochondrial disease, but it can also be caused by other things besides heredity

6. Treatment
Mitochondrial Disease is treated with vitamin therapy, a specific diet, treatments for the symptoms, and by pacing activities, conserving energy, and blocking lactic acid buildup
There is no vaccine available because Mitochondrial Disease deals with mitochondria, and since doctors cannot find the cause of mitochondria mutations, there is not a way to stop Mitochondrial Disease with a vaccine

7. Transmission/Prevention
Mitochondrial Disease is not contagious
Unless a person counts having children with Mitochondrial Disease as spreading the disease, Mitochondrial Disease does not spread
Human actions that can prevent Mitochondrial Disease are not smoking, eating a reasonable amount of fat, and avoiding psychological stressors

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