Please note this is not a full exhaustive list but of more common conditions where one has acquired the condition rather than those discovered at birth or a young age, a specialist will conduct further tests for rare conditions.
Weakness in muscles that occurs normally slowly, symptoms vary depending on which muscle gets affect
Cataplexy (sudden loss of muscle tone while a person is awake leads to weakness and a loss of voluntary muscle control. It is often triggered by sudden, strong emotions such as laughter, fear, anger, stress, or excitement)
Dubowitz syndrome (narrow or triangle-shaped face with a high or sloping forehead, eczema, vision problems)
Parsonage-Turner syndrome (Brachial plexus neuritis-is an uncommon neurological disorder characterised by rapid onset of severe pain in the shoulder and arm)
Lack of certain and/or defect of proteins called dystrophin that are needed for muscle structure and function.
Family history -X-linked hereditary diseases (common in boys, who inherit the disease from their mothers)
Family history-autosomal recessive disorder (Both parents who are carriers of the recessive genes responsible and can cause a 25% chance of their sibling getting this condition). If both parents are carriers, a child has a 25 percent chance of inheriting two recessive genes (and getting FMF), a 50 percent chance of getting one dominant and one recessive gene (and becoming a carrier), and a 25 percent chance of getting two dominant genes (and remaining unaffected).
Autosomic Dominant:In this form of muscular dystrophy, the faulty gene comes from one parent and can affect half of their offspring regardless of sex.
Gaucher disease – a genetic disease caused by a defect in the GBA gene which helps to produce an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase, these enzymes helps our body cells to clean up and dispose of a fatty substance in the body called glucocerebroside that the body is otherwise unable to break down. If our body cells has too much of fatty substance the cells are called ‘Gaucher cells’ and begin to build up take over normal body cells functions causing symptoms.
Eye(s)/eyelid muscles drooping causing blurred or double vision any visual problems, colour blindness, double vision, vision loss, difficulty focusing, and/or pain behind eye (One or both eyes can be affected)?
General discomfort (muscle weakness), uneasiness or ill feeling (malaise) and/or fatigue (tiredness)?
Please talk to your healthcare professional (i.e. Medical Doctor/Pharmacist) for further advice
Detailed Information
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