| Limb girdle muscular dystrophy is one of the forms | | | | lower arms and eventually hands. |
| of muscular dystrophy. It is also called LGMD. | | | | Since this is a progressive disease, the weakness in |
| Muscular dystrophy is a genetic disorder which | | | | the muscles spreads and the patient may have to |
| weakens the muscles of the body. Limb girdle | | | | depend on a wheelchair by the age of 20 to 30 |
| muscular dystrophy affects the muscles around the | | | | years. Sometimes, there may be some cardiac |
| shoulders and hips. However over a period of time, | | | | complications in a patient suffering from Limb girdle |
| the other muscles are also affected. | | | | muscular dystrophy and this may also cause death. |
| This disease is contracted when one of the parents | | | | Hence, careful attention should be paid to the heart |
| or both the parents pass on a defective gene to the | | | | and lungs. |
| child. Due to this, the muscles cannot produce the | | | | Despite enough knowledge there is no treatment as |
| proteins that make the muscles function normally. | | | | such for this disease. However, it has been reported |
| The most common symptoms of Limb girdle | | | | that inactivity such as bed rest can worsen the |
| muscular dystrophy are difficulty in climbing the stairs, | | | | condition. Physical therapy and occupational therapy |
| difficulty in standing from a sitting position, enlarged | | | | can help the patient in performing his activities and |
| calf, thinning of certain body parts, and weakness in | | | | such therapy can also provide support and education |
| the shoulders, low back pain accompanied with | | | | to the patient and its family. |
| weakness in the muscles of the lower legs, feet, | | | | |