PLEASE SHARE Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is a rare inheritable peripheral neuropathy affecting more than 3 million people worldwide. This lifelong condition causes progressive muscle weakness, sensory loss, and mobility challenges. Named after Drs. Charcot (Shar-coh), Marie, and Tooth who first described it in 1886; CMT is a complex disease impacting the nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body. CMT symptoms include but are not limited to: - Muscle weakness and

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What is Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT)? Named after the three doctors who first described it in 1886: Charcot (shar-coh), Marie, and Tooth, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is an inheritable peripheral neuropathy that includes many motor and/or sensory neuropathies, axonopathies, myelinopathies, and neuronopathies. Due to the degradation of their nerves, people with CMT suffer lifelong progressive muscle weakness and atrophy of the arms and legs, progressive sensory loss, and CMT can affect