Town Hall lit up in red for World Duchenne Syndrome DayPhoto by Carlos Maciel on Pexels
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Town Hall lit up in red for World Duchenne Syndrome Day

Notícias de Setúbal28 August 2026 at 11:56

World Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day is marked annually on September 7 since 2013. The Setúbal Municipal Council joined this date by lighting the Town Hall in red. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is a rare genetic disease that mainly affects skeletal and cardiac muscles, causing their progressive degeneration and weakness. This disease affects one in every 3500 male children, imposing great dependence on others. One of the main goals of this world day is to draw attention to the existence of this incurable disease and to the importance of early diagnosis.

O Dia Mundial para Sensibilização e Consciencialização da Distrofia Muscular de Duchenne – doença genética rara que afeta principalmente os músculos esqueléticos e cardíacos, provocando a sua degeneração progressiva e fraqueza – é assinalado anualmente a 7 de setembro desde 2013.

A Distrofia Muscular de Duchenne (DMD) afeta uma em cada 3500 crianças do sexo masculino, impondo-lhes uma grande dependência de terceiros, sendo um dos objetivos do dia mundial chamar à atenção para a existência da doença, que não tem cura, e para a importância de um diagnóstico precoce.

O conteúdo Paços do Concelho de vermelho por ocasião do Dia Mundial da Síndrome de Duehenne aparece primeiro em Notícias de Setúbal.

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