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Diseases » Muscular Dystrophy » Glossary

Glossary for Muscular Dystrophy

Becker Muscular Dystrophy: A muscular dystrophy charaterised by enlargement of muscles
Congenital Muscular Dystrophy: Muscle weakness and wasting that starts at birth or around the time of birth. The severity and extent of muscle involvement is greatly variable.
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: An inherited degenerative disease of the muscles which progresses rapidly compared to other muscle wasting diseases.
Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy:
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy 1a: An inherited muscle disease involving slowly progressive muscle weakness. The condition is characterized by the early involvement of facial and shoulder muscles. Muscle weakness then spreads to the pelvis and legs. The onset, severity and rate of progression is variable.
Falls: When a person losses balance and falls over
Heart symptoms: Symptoms affecting the heart
Limb-girdle Muscular Dystrophy: A condition which is characterized by a slowly progressive muscular dystrophy
Lordosis: Spinal curvature forward in the lower back
Muscle symptoms: Symptoms affecting the muscles of the body
Muscle weakness: A condition which is characterized by an inability of the muscles to function at their full strenght
Muscular Hypertrophy: An increase in the size of the muscle cells.
Myopathy: General name for any disease of the muscles.
Myotonic Dystrophy: An inherited disorder characterized by progressive muscle weakness and wasting as well as eye defects, heart abnormalities and other anomalies. The severity of the condition is greatly variable. There are two type of myotonic dystrophy with type 1 being more severe than type 2.
Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy: A group of genetic muscle-wasting diseases which affects mainly the eyes and throat. Weakness in limb and facial muscles can occur in later stages.
Pneumonia: Infection of the lung by bacteria, viruses or fungus.
Proximal muscle weakness: Weakness of the proximal muscles
Scapuloperoneal myopathy: An inherited disorder involving muscle wasting and weakness in the shoulder and lower leg.
Standing symptoms: Symptoms related to standing upright
Waddling gait: The occurrence of a gait which is waddling in nature
Walking symptoms: Problems with walking.