The second way you can define inflation is the rate at which money loses its value. If you think about it, prices going up and the value of one dollar going down are really the same thing.
1 There is no reliable and consistent means of diagnosis. 2  Diagnosis can be made by one of the few physicians who specialize in mitochondrial disease. 3  Diagnosis can be made by blood DNA testing and/or muscle biopsy but neither of these tests is completely reliable.
The life expectancy for mitochondrial disease has been very unfavorable to those affected. The life expectancy also depends on the disease process, where it greatly affects the child. Some cases noted that the average life expectancy for mitochondrial disease, when diagnosed after birth, is a year.