Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy!?

Would someone be euthanized if they were suffering a lot from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ?

An individual could try to find a physician to assist in their own suicide, but it's not going to be legal in a lot of places.

My wife and her three brothers suffer from myotonic muscular dystrophy, and according to them that's bad enough even though they all still have most of their mobility -- they can all walk and move fairly normally but have poor balance and trouble gripping things. I can only imagine how terrible it must be for someone with Duchenne's, and I would certainly understand if they wanted to do an assisted suicide. But euthanizing someone? Last I checked, euthanization meant taking someone's life without their consent...I would NEVER agree with that.

Euthanasia is a very controversial and delicate topic. Many people are suffering from diseases caused by genetic factors or by cancer... sometimes they get better, sometimes they do not.

By definition, euthanasia is killing a person by his/her own permission (usually given when the person is in great pain and in despair), or by the person's own family (when the person is unconscious, in a coma, or clinically brain-dead).

I think that euthanasia should not be carried out in most cases, except where if nature had to take its course, the person would surely pass away. Here i'm talking about clinically dead people who remain attached to life-support machines although there is no hope that their situation could ever improve. Also in the case of extremely weak babies who are also on life-support machines, dying, are constantly suffering and (if they actually had to live) would remain in great pain for the rest of their life and undoubtedly severely disabled.

Going back to your reference to Ducenne Muscular Dystrophy, I don't think that someone could be euthanised as easily as that. It is probable that they would not be euthanised at all, although if you are interested in the legal implications of this always check with a professional rather than taking my word for it!

I think it also depends on the patient's situation, whether they are unconsious or not, the degree of severity of the disease etc..

In the case of a patient who is hovering between life and death, is on a life-support system, is living in great pain, and has no way of improving their situation...I think nature should take its course in this case. But that, ofcourse, is my opinion...

Hope this was useful...

People are not euthanized in general they are doped up to make them more comfortable. Not knowing the condition of the person and not wanting to seem unkind the best I can do is mention a book on muscles, pain and referred pain called The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. Hoping it helps.