Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Symptoms
Do you have any symptoms of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy? Do you even know what they are? Learn more about each symptom of this condition below and what to do if you think you may have Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
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Symptoms of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
If your child has any of these symptoms do not assume it is due to DMD. These may be caused by other conditions. Tell your doctor if your child has any of these:
- Child is late in learning to walk
- Larger than normal calf muscles
- Frequent falls
- Walks clumsily
- Difficulty climbing stairs
- Trouble running
- Walking on toes or balls of feet
- Trouble with balance
- Walks with shoulders back and belly out
- Doesn't run
- Trouble keeping up with friends when playing
- Uses hands to climb up his body when getting up from floor (Gower's maneuver)
- Later in the disease these symptoms can occur:
- Muscle Contractures (a shortening of the muscle that traps a joint in a contracted position)
- Scoliosis
- Weakness to respiratory muscles
- Cardiomyopathy (weakness of heart muscle)
- Learning disabilities
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