Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Thomsen's disease; Becker's disease
Treatment
Treatment for symptoms includes:
- Mexiletine
- Phenytoin
- Procainamide
Support Groups
Expectations (prognosis)
People with this condition can do well. Symptoms only occur when a movement is first started. After a few repetitions, the muscle relaxes and the movement becomes normal. Symptoms may improve later in life.
Complications
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Aspiration pneumonia caused by swallowing difficulties - Frequent choking, gagging, or difficulty swallowing in an infant
- Abdominal muscle weakness
- Chronic joint problems
Calling your health care provider
Call your health care provider if your child has symptoms of myotonia congenita.
Images
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Review Date: 03/21/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery
at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, and Department of
Anatomy at UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed
Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
