Progressive muscular dystrophy is an inherited disease caused by mutations or deletions in genes. It includes pseudohypertrophy, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy and so on.
1. Pseudohypertrophy. Pseudohypertrophic myotonic dystrophy is mainly characterized by muscle weakness, toes to the ground, and easy to fall.
2. Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. It is characterized by poor facial expression, weak eyelid closure and difficulty in puffing up the cheeks.
3. Pelvic girdle muscular dystrophy. It is mainly the muscle weakness of the pelvic girdle muscles, manifested as duck step, difficulty in walking up the stairs, difficulty in lifting arms and combing hair.
4. Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. It can be manifested as ptosis, eye movement disorder, difficulty in swallowing, dysphagia and so on.
Patients with myotonic dystrophy should go to the hospital as early as possible and be treated under the guidance of a doctor to maximize the prognosis.