Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies
Alternate Names : Muscular dystrophy - limb-girdle type (LGMD)
Symptoms & Signs
Typically, the first sign is pelvic muscle weakness (difficulty standing from a sitting position without using the arms, difficulty climbing stairs). The weakness starts in childhood to young adulthood. Other symptoms include: - Abnormal, sometimes waddling, walk
- Joints that are fixed in a contracted position (late in the disease)
- Large and muscular-looking calves (pseudohypertrophy), which are not actually strong
- Loss of muscle mass, thinning of certain body parts
- Low back pain
- Palpitations or passing-out spells
- Shoulder weakness
- Weakness of the muscles in the face (later in the disease)
- Weakness in the muscles of the lower legs, feet, lower arms, and hands (later in the disease)
Diagnosis & Tests
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