Problem

Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

Nature:
Limb-Girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) can start appearing anywhere from late childhood to middle age. The symptoms are weakness and wasting affecting the shoulder and pelvic girdles first. It usually progresses slowly with cardiopulmonary complications often occurring in later stages of the disease.
Broader Problems:
Muscular dystrophy
Subject(s):
Medicine → Locomotive, integumentary system
Medicine → Muscular system
Problem Type:
G: Very specific problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST