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Prognosis depends on the individual form of muscular dystrophy. Some dystrophies cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle function, which may result in severe physical disability and a life-threatening deterioration of respiratory muscles or heart. Other dystrophies do not affect life expectancy and only cause relatively mild impairment. [2]
[12] [15] Patients display muscle weakness and cerebellar and ocular malformations, with a life expectancy of less than 1 year. [ 9 ] [ 15 ] An additional dystroglycanopathy phenotype is Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD) caused by a mutation in the Fukutin (FKTN) gene, which is the second most common type of muscular dystrophy in ...
Life expectancy in non-congenital late-onset or adult onset DM1 is in the early 50s, [5] with pulmonary complications being the leading cause of death, followed by cardiac complications. [27] DM2 life expectancy has yet to be studied.
Deconditioning is adaptation of an organism to a less demanding environment, or, alternatively, the decrease of physiological adaptation to normal conditions. Deconditioning can result from decreased physical activity , prescribed bed rest , orthopedic casting , paralysis , aging .
Cachexia (/ k ə ˈ k ɛ k s i ə / [1]) is a syndrome that happens when people have certain illnesses, causing muscle loss that cannot be fully reversed with improved nutrition. [2] It is most common in diseases like cancer, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, and AIDS.
Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD) is a form of congenital muscular dystrophy.There are two forms: UCMD1 and UCMD2. [4]UCMD1 is associated with variants of type VI collagen, while UCMD2 is associated with variants of type XII collagen.
Life expectancy is estimated to be around 25–26, [18] [59] but this varies. People born with Duchenne muscular dystrophy after 1990 have a median life expectancy of approximately 28–30. [11] [5] With excellent medical care, affected men often live into their 30s. [60] The oldest surviving person in the world with the disease is 60 years old ...
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a type of muscular dystrophy, a group of heritable diseases that cause degeneration of muscle and progressive weakness. Per the name, FSHD tends to sequentially weaken the muscles of the face, those that position the scapula, and those overlying the humerus bone of the upper arm.