Muscular Pain In Chest And Back
Pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy; Muscular dystrophy - Duchenne type
Symptoms
Symptoms usually appear before age 6 and may appear as early as infancy. They may include:
Fatigue - Mental retardation (possible, but does not worsen over time)
- Muscle weakness
- Begins in the legs and pelvis, but also occurs less severely in the arms, neck, and other areas of the body
- Difficulty with motor skills (running, hopping, jumping)
- Frequent falls
- Rapidly worsening weakness
- Progressive
difficulty...
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Becker's muscular dystrophy
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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