Ciwon gurguntaccen ƙwayar cuta
Cutar cutar Leigh ta zama mummunar cuta ta jiki wadda ta lalata tsarin kulawa na tsakiya (ƙwaƙwalwa, lakabi, da jijiyoyi masu jiji). Raunin Leigh ya haifar da matsaloli a cikin mitochondria, wutar lantarki a cikin jikin jikin.
Kwayar cuta wadda ke haifar da cutar Leigh za a iya gadonta ta hanyoyi daban-daban. Zai iya zama gado a kan X (mace) chromosome a matsayin ƙananan kwayoyin halitta na enzyme da ake kira pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDH-Elx).
Ana iya hade shi a matsayin ƙarancin abin da yake faruwa wanda yake rinjayar da ƙungiyar enzyme da ake kira cytochrome-c-oxidase (COX). Ana iya hade shi a matsayin maye gurbin a cikin DNA a cikin tantanin halitta mitochondria.
Cutar cututtuka
Kwayoyin cututtuka na cutar Leigh sukan fara ne tsakanin shekaru 3 da 2. Tun da cutar ta shafi tsarin kulawa na tsakiya, cututtuka na iya haɗawa da:
- matalauta masu shan ƙyama
- wahalar da ke riƙe da kai
- Rashin haɗarin basira da jaririn ya kasance kamar karɓar ragamar da girgiza shi
- asarar ci
- vomiting
- irritability
- ci gaba da kuka
- kama
Yayinda cutar Leigh ta kara zama mummunan lokaci, bayyanar cututtuka na iya hada da:
- Ƙarƙasar da aka ƙayyade
- rashin ƙwayar tsoka (hypotonia)
- layin acid (ruɗin lactic acid a jiki da kwakwalwa) wanda zai iya rage numfashi da aikin koda
- matsalolin zuciya
Sanin asali
Sakamakon ganewar cutar Leigh ya dogara akan alamun da jariri ko yarinya ke.
Gwaje-gwaje na iya nuna rashi na pyruvate dehydrogenase ko gaban lactic acidosis. Mutanen da ke fama da cutar Leigh na iya zama alamar lalacewa a kwakwalwa wanda ƙwaƙwalwar ƙwaƙwalwa ta gano. A wasu mutane, gwajin kwayoyin zai iya gane ainihin maye gurbin kwayoyin halitta.
Jiyya
Jiyya na cutar Leigh yawanci ya hada da bitamin kamar thiamine (bitamin B1). Sauran jiyya na iya mayar da hankali akan bayyanar cututtuka, irin su maganin rigakafi ko zuciya ko magunguna. Harkokin jiki, sana'a, da kuma maganganu na iya taimakawa yaron ya kai ga iyalanta.
Sources:
> "Rashin Ƙarin Bayanin Lafiya na NINDS." Dama. 13 Feb 2007. Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Harkokin Tsaro da Bama.
> "Ciwo na Leigh." Rahoton Raunuka Rare. 17 Dec 2007. Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyoyin Raunuka.
> Macnair, Trisha. "Ciwo na Leigh." Lafiya ta BBC. Yuli 2006.