
(by ShaggyDuck, Enid Blog, January 16, 2025)
Garfield Lodge #501 of Enid donated $8640 to the family of Kynlee Thomas of Waukomis. Kynlee is affected with a disease known as MSMDS (multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome) which is caused by a mutation in the ACTA2 gene. There are less than 50 known cases worldwide of MSMDS.
Multisystemic Smooth Muscle Dysfunction Syndrome (MSMDS) is an ultra-rare disease which affects all of the smooth muscle in the body and is considered to be multisystemic due to its ability to affect most of the subsystems in one’s body. MSMDS is caused primarily by an ACTA2.R179H genetic mutation, however has been documented to be caused by…
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