Chapter 9 - Ichi Rittoru No Namida (Part 4)

Is there no remedy?



Today there is no remedy available. The cause of the disease is still unknown, so we are groping in the dark regarding proper treatment. There is a medicine that can temporarily prevent the disease from advancing or slightly slow down the speed of its advance. It has been drawing a lot of attention, but it hasn't been used for very long and we need to take a long-term view of its efficacy.



But thanks to the remarkable advances in genetic engineering in recent years, it is surely only a question of time before it will be possible to determine the chromosome in which there is a gene that causes the disease - if the disease is hereditary. Then it may be possible to replace that gene with a healthy gene. I sincerely hope that the sad voices of the spinocerebellar degeneration patients and thair families will be fully added to the debate over the rights and wrongs of gene manipulation.



But that is for the future. The most effective guidance for the time being is for patients to continue exercising and training. They must try to maintain the strength of the muscles in their whole body, and look after themselves as well as they can.

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