Our story:
For Gil, it started in his teens: "I had pain in my legs and we didn\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t understand what it was, I went to orthopedists and they always said it was low muscle tone or excessive flexibility."
Only after many tests and many years of suffering, I finally received a diagnosis. He was diagnosed with CMT
For Ella, the delay in diagnosis caused her condition to deteriorate, at the age of 4 she had already undergone surgeries and cast treatments. Today she gets around with braces and has been assigned 80 percent mobility.
Many patients with CMT underwent inappropriate treatment and encountered a lack of experience and knowledge among the medical community.
Lack of knowledge is the main cause of the deterioration of the incurable genetic disease: CMT
The CMT association works fully voluntarily to improve the quality of life of those diagnosed with the disease:
We have built a community that meets the need for knowledge sharing, community and support
We have established a website with accessible information
We promote research to treat the disease
We work to raise awareness in 3 directions:
Among a wide audience who do not know the symptoms
Among doctors who do not know the disease
In patients who are not aware of the existence of a supportive community