Symptoms of Becker’s Dystrophy
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January 5th, 2012
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What are the later symptoms of Becker's dystrophy?
- Muscle weakness, this affects proximal muscles of the limbs mainly.
- In teenage years or twenties, people can experience difficulty in climbing stairs, fast walking and lifting heavy objects.
- BMD patients can walk independently until age 16 or later (compared to students who have Duchenne MD, who generally cannot walk beyond age 12).
- Walking ability is lost usually at age 40-60, but sometimes earlier, around age 20-30
- Wasting of proximal muscles; hypertrophy of others, particularly the calf muscles.
