Mitochondrial disorders?

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If there is a disorder or dysfunction in the electron transport chain or cellular respiration, does that automatically mean death?

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Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.

What yourvresearc tell you

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There are grades of severity, so some cases are mild and some are terminal within years of birth.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.
If there is a disorder or dysfunction in the electron transport chain or cellular respiration, does that automatically mean death?

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Google is your friend.

Do you really think that I havent tried that already?

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I have a girlfriend with 2 sons with mitochondrial disease. They are around 6 and 10. They are pretty sick little guys, but they are still able to have a decent quality of life.

I don't know a lot about it professionally, just what I see her go through as a parent.

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Specializes in ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine.

Immediate, global interruption = quick death. That's how cyanides work.

Tissue-specific interruption - can stay alive for a while or have almost normal total life expectancy, but altered organs inevitably lose function.

Types of Mitochondrial Disease – UMDF

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Specializes in PICU.

No, not automatic death in all cases. Which are you questioning specifically?

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