Physical therapy and other rehabilitative measures may also be used to help muscle function. Genetic counseling is available. Epidemiology
In northern Scandinavia, the prevalence of myotonia congenita has been estimated at 1:10,000.Myotonia congenita is estimated to affect 1 in 100,000 people worldwide. Research
The name Thomsen’s disease refers to the Danish physician Julius Thomsen (1815–1896) who described the condition in himself and his family.Myotonia can be achieved in preparations of intact isolated muscle by the administration of 9-Anthracenecarboxylic acid, a blocker of chloride channels. It is also possible to achieve myotonia in preparations of intact isolated muscle by greatly lowering or removing the extracellular content of chloride in the bathing medium.During the 1970s several murine models of myotonia appeared. One in particular has been used widely, the adr mouse or "arrested development of righting response". This model is often used in scientific work with muscular dystrophy, and displays myotonia due to lack of functional chloride channels. See also
Fainting goat
Tonic immobility
New Forest pony

References
External links
GeneReview/NCBI/NIH/UW entry on myotonia congenita
NINDS: Myotonia congenita
National Library of Medicine: Myotonia congenita
Contrary to what just said, Bain and Blackburn (2004) also state in another study the use of r-EPO does not appear to have a significant effect on reducing the numbers of early transfusions in most infants, but may be useful to reduce numbers of late transfusion in extremely low-birth-weight infants. A British task force to establish transfusion guidelines for neonates and young children and to help try to explain this confusion recently concluded that “the optimal dose, timing, and nutritional support required during EPO treatment has yet to be defined and currently the routine use of EPO in this patient population is not recommended as similar reduction in blood use can probably be achieved with appropriate transfusion protocols.”

Transfusion management
Other strategies involve the reduction of blood loss during phlebotomy.For extremely low birth weight infants, laboratory blood testing using bedside devices offers a unique opportunity to reduce blood transfusions. This practice has been referred to as point-of-care testing or POC. Use of POC tests to measure the most commonly ordered blood tests could significantly decrease phlebotomy loss and lead to a reduction in the need for blood transfusions among critically ill premature neonates as these tests frequently require much less volume of blood to be collected from the patient. A study was done by Madan and colleagues to test this theory by conducting a retrospective chart review on all inborn infants <1000g admitted to the NICU that survived for 2 weeks of age during two separate 1 year time periods.