Αποτελέσματα Αναζήτησης
3 Αυγ 2024 · This article will provide an overview of distal muscular dystrophy, including the different types of DD, the causes, symptoms, and diagnosis and treatment options.
What is distal muscular dystrophy? Distal muscular dystrophy (DD) is a group of rare diseases that affect your muscles (genetic myopathies). DD causes weakness that starts in the lower arms and legs (the distal muscles). It then may gradually spread to affect other parts of your body.
Muscular dystrophies in general are a group of genetic, degenerative diseases primarily affecting voluntary muscles. Types of distal muscular dystrophy include: distal myopathy with vocal cord and pharyngeal weakness; Finnish (tibial) distal myopathy; Gowers-Laing distal myopathy; hereditary inclusion-body myositis type 1; Miyoshi distal ...
6 Απρ 2007 · This extremely rare form of distal myopathy is characterized by muscle weakness and atrophy that can begin in the distal muscles of the arms or legs. Affected individuals may be clumsy with their hands or experience gait abnormalities (e.g., frequent stumbling).
Lower leg braces can support muscles weakened by distal MD. Finnish muscular dystrophy (also called tibial MD) features weakness starting after age 40 in the lower extremities (particularly the muscles over the tibia, a bone in the lower leg) and progressing slowly to the upper extremities and trunk muscles. Cardiac problems can be a feature.
Typically, the first symptom of distal muscular dystrophy (DD) is weakness in the distal muscles — those farthest away from the hips and shoulders such as those in the hands, feet, lower arms or lower legs.
Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited diseases that causes weakness. They also cause wasting away of muscle tissue. There are multiple types of muscular dystrophy. Each type leads to loss of strength, increasing disability, and possible deformity. The most common muscular dystrophy is Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
