ISN’T ETH ONLY ONE OUT THERE DOCTORS HERE TRAINERS HOSPITALS. SAY MORE TNHA A HUNDRED THOUSAND AMERICANS HAVE WHAT THEY CALL A COMMON SENSORY AND MOTOR DISEASE. COUNTRY STAR ALAN JKSONAC ANNOUNCES HIS DIAGNOSIS OF CHARCOAL MARIE TOOTH DISEASE. IS IT AFFECTS THE PERIPHELRA NERVES WHICH ARE THE NERVES THAT COME FROM OUR SPINAL CORD THAT GO OUT TO OUR MUSCLES FOR SENSATION AND MOTOR CONTROL? AND TYPICALLY IT AFFECTS THE LONGER NERVES FIRST. SO WE USUALLY FIND OUT ABOUT WITH PEOPLE HAVING ISSUES WITH THEIR HANDS OR THEIR FEET A DEGENERATIVE NERVE CONDITION DOCTOR KEITH GETTY’S THAT SHRINERS HOSPITAL EXPLAINS. TYPICALLY THE WAY THEY PRENTSE PRESENT IS WITH SOME CLAW TOES HIGH ARCH FEET. WE ALSO TEND TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR HIPS AND THEIR SCOLIOSIS. HEAY S IT’S WHERE DISEASES BUT NOT FULLY TREATLEAB. WEO D A LOT OF DIFFERENT SUPPORTIVE THINGS SURGERY BRACING. TRY TO KEEP KIDS UPRIGHT AND DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO. DESPITE ALAN JACKSON ANNOUNCING HIS DIAGNOSIS AS AN ADULT DOCTOR. GEYTT SAYS CMT IS TYPICALLY DIAGNOSED IN CHILDREN COULD BE ROLE IS THE'R’S KIDS PLAYING WITH OTHER KIDS AND YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW BUT THEY HAVE A SPECIAL ANKLE BRACE. TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR ANKLE TO PLAY WHEREAS SOME IT’S REALLY REALLY DEBILITATING AND A LOT OF TIMES IT FORCES THEM TO NOT BE IN REGULAR SCHOOL. THEY HAVE TO DO HOMESCHOOL. GETTY SAYS THEY CAN DO SURGERIES. ONLY USE DIFFERENT BRACES USUALLY THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE SEE HERE FOOT ISSUES SEE THEIR TOES OR RUBBING AND SHOES BECAUSE THEIR TOES ARE CLAWED. OR THEY’RE HAVING MORE FOOT PAIN BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HIGH IRISH FOOT. HE SAYS THE DISSEEA DOESN’T TYPICALLY AFFECT VITAL ORGANS WHILE ALAN JACKSON SAYS ITAN C IMPACT THINGS LIKE HIS BALANCE DOCTORS CL CMT A MANAGEABLE DISEASE DOCTORS SAY GETTING DIAGNOSED WITHMT C ISN’T A DEATH SENTENCE WITH JACKSON AS AN EXAMPLE. THEY SAY PEOPLE WHIT CMT CAN LIVE JUST AS LONG A L