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Becker's Muscular Dystrophy
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Becker's Muscular Dystrophy
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Symptoms
- Difficult to walk
- Loss of muscle mass
- Toe walking
- Breathing problems
- http://mda.org/disease/becker-muscular-dystrophy
- http://www.muscular-dystrophy.org/about_muscular_dystrophy/conditions/94_becker_muscular_dystrophy
- http://www.1800wheelchair.ca/news/post/muscular-dystrophy-information.aspx
Pedigree
Systems Affected
About
How it is diagnosed
- This disease is inherited
- Males will get it more than females
- 4 out of every 100,000
- Indonesian people receive this more than others
The nervous, muscular and cardiovascular systems are all impacted by this dystrophy
Sources
- Discovered by Perter Emil Becker
- Occurs when a gene on the X chromosome doesn't make enough dystrophin
Doctors will run nervous system tests along with blood and muscle tests.
- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000706.htm
- http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/duchenne-and-becker-muscular-dystrophy
- http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/beckers-muscular-dystrophy
Treatment
Prognosis
There isn't a known cure for Becker's Muscular Dystrophy. Sometimes steroids are given to patients to help strengthen the muscles. Any activity or physical therapy will help.
People with this will have a shorter lifespan and the symptoms will slowly worsen for their whole life.
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