Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is a hereditary disorder characterized by increasing weakening and wasting of the skeletal and cardiac (heart) muscles. It is a hereditary X-linked recessive condition. Most BMD patients have a loss of walking around the age of 37. It is characterized by increasingly developing muscular weakness in the legs and pelvis.
Causes
Most kinds of muscular dystrophy are caused by genetic abnormalities or mutations.
If neither parent has the illness, one or both parents may pass on a faulty gene to their kid.
Rarely, an individual develops muscular dystrophy on its own, which means there is no recognized reason
Signs and symptoms
Calf muscles that have swollen.
Walking or running is difficult.
Unusual walking pattern (like waddling).
Swallowing difficulties
Arrhythmia and heart failure are two examples of cardiac issues (cardiomyopathy).
Joints that are stiff or loose.
Muscle ache.
The spine is curved (scoliosis).
Breathing difficulties
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