10 Muscular Dystrophy Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Symptom #1: Frequent Falls
Patients with muscular dystrophy experience weakness and loss of their muscles, as mentioned above. This is the reason why they fall frequently. For example, one in three patients with facioscapulohumeral disease (a third most common type of muscular dystrophy) fall at least once a month.
The problem becomes even more serious if you bear in mind that 7 out of 10 patients who fall also injure themselves. The frequency of falls correlates with severity of the condition. Patients with greater muscle loss tend to fall more often compared to those with lesser loss of muscle mass.
