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Belfast Live
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Orlaith Clinton

Belfast parents' plea as son diagnosed with potentially fatal disease

The parents of a three-month-old child have started a campaign to help their little boy access treatment and to have an improved quality of life.

Little Teddy was born with Duchenne MD, a life-limiting condition which will cause his muscles to degenerate and stop functioning over time due to a lack of dystrophin that muscles need to strengthen and function.

There is currently no cure for the condition and it is one of the most common and severe forms of MD.

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