Muscular Dystrophy : Complications
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Scoliosis; Joint contractures; Decreased mobility; Decreased ability to care for self; Mental impairment (varies; Cardiomyopathy; Respiratory failure.
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Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of inherited disorders in which strength and muscle bulk gradually decline. Nine types of muscular dystrophies are generally recognized.
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Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of inherited disorders in which strength and muscle bulk gradually decline. Nine types of muscular dystrophies are generally recognized.
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Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of inherited disorders in which strength and muscle bulk gradually decline. Nine types of muscular dystrophies are generally recognized.
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Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of inherited disorders in which strength and muscle bulk gradually decline. Nine types of muscular dystrophies are generally recognized.
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Muscular dystrophies (MD) are inherited disorders characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal or voluntary muscles which control movement, without a central or peripheral nerve abnormality. The muscles of the heart and o...
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Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of inherited disorders in which strength and muscle bulk gradually decline. Nine types of muscular dystrophies are generally recognized.
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Self-care behavior, a key concept in health promotion, refers to decisions and actions that an individual can take to cope with a health problem or to improve his or her health. Examples of self-care behaviors include seeking information (e.
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Respiratory failure is nearly any condition that affects breathing function or the lungs themselves and can result in failure of the lungs to function properly. The main tasks of the lungs and chest are to get oxygen from the air that is inhaled into the bloodstream, and, at the same to time, to eliminate carbon dioxide (C0 2 ) from the blood through air that is breathed out.
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Respiratory failure occurs when the lungs ' ability to either add oxygen to the bloodstream or remove carbon dioxide from it is impaired. Respiratory failure can have any one of several causes, such as lung disease or infection , electrolyte imbalance, interruption of the nerve signals that regulate breathing or nervous system damage, structural (rib cage) collapse, or airway obstruction.
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Scoliosis is a curving of the spine. The spine curves away from the middle or sideways.
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Scoliosis is a side-to-side curvature of the spine. When viewed from the rear, the spine usually appears perfectly straight.
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Scoliosis is defined as an abnormal side-to-side or front-to-back curvature of the spine. When viewed from the rear, the spine usually appears perfectly straight.
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Scoliosis is a side-to-side curvature of the spine. When viewed from the rear, the spine usually appears perfectly straight.
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Scoliosis is a side-to-side curvature of the spine of 10 degrees or greater. When viewed from the rear, the spine usually appears to form a straight vertical line.
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Scoliosis is a side-to-side curvature of the spine of 10 degrees or greater. When viewed from the rear, the spine usually appears to form a straight vertical line.
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Scoliosis is a side-to-side (lateral) curvature of the spine of 10 degrees or greater. When viewed from the rear, the spine usually appears to form a straight vertical line.
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Abnormal curvature of the spine. Beginning in childhood or adolescence, scoliosis curves the spine so that the shape of the body is distorted.
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