My Organelle Disease by Katelyn Wampner https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6 Mitochondrial encephalopathy en-us 2017-11-16 12:50:33 UTC 2026-02-23 18:39:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ornamenttree.png Causes 2021katelynwampner https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6/wish/207627971 mutations in the genetic material (DNA) in the mitochondria. 
Mutations affecting the genes for DNA are inherited from the mother]]> 2017-11-16 12:57:53 UTC https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6/wish/207627971 Connection 2021katelynwampner https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6/wish/207628229 The mitochondria is effected greatly and will no longer work or make energy, there is also no cure to retreat the organelle 
The disease breaks down the organelle until it can no longer make energy or produce anything. You start to lose energy because there is no treatment besides slowing the process and stopping seizures, so you lose organelles.]]> 2017-11-16 12:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6/wish/207628229 Symptoms 2021katelynwampner https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6/wish/207628256
  • brain dysfunction (encephalopathy) with seizures and headaches,
  • muscle disease with a build-up of lactic acid in the blood
  • temporary local paralysis (stroke-like episodes), and.
  • abnormal thinking (dementia).
  • vomiting, and seizures

    • ]]>     2017-11-16 12:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6/wish/207628256     Sources 2021katelynwampner https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6/wish/207628404 “Medical Definition of Mitochondrial encephalopathy, MELAS.” MedicineNet, www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8884.
    https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8884

    “What are Mitochondria?” What are Mitochondria? | MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, 22 Nov. 1970, www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/what-are-mitochondria.
    http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/what-are-mitochondria
    “MELAS Syndrome.” NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders), rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/melas-syndrome/.
    https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/melas-syndrome/


    ]]>     2017-11-16 12:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6/wish/207628404     Organelle 2021katelynwampner https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6/wish/207628452 mitochondria
    turn sugars, fats and proteins that we eat, into forms of chemical energy that the body can use to carry on living.
    work with other cell organelles in that the ATP is dispersed ]]>     2017-11-16 12:59:21 UTC https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6/wish/207628452     Mitochondrial encephalopathy 2021katelynwampner https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6/wish/207628500 Mitochondrial encephalopathy, MELAS

    Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes. 

    MELAS is a form of dementia. 

     rare disorder that begins in childhood, usually between two and fifteen ]]>     2017-11-16 12:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6/wish/207628500     Treatments 2021katelynwampner https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6/wish/207628729 No specific treatment is available for MELAS syndrome. 

    Anti-convulsant drugs are used to help prevent and control seizures associated with MELAS syndrome. ]]>     2017-11-16 13:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6/wish/207628729     2021katelynwampner https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6/wish/207640610 2017-11-16 13:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2021katelynwampner/qhfqzihdrwm6/wish/207640610