Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
Oculopharyngeal dystrophy (OPD, or oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy) is an autosomal dominant disorder which appears in early middle age (sixth decade) in individuals with a mutation on the PABPN1 ...

Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy
This is one of many types of muscular dystrophy and has a much later age of onset than most. It is slowly progressive but the severity of disease varies widely.

What is oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy?
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is a genetic condition characterized by muscle weakness that begins in adulthood, typically after age 40.

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
Oculopharyngeal MD affects the muscles of the eye (ocular) and throat (pharyngeal). The condition affects both sexes, usually from age 50-60.
How common is muscular dystrophy?

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
The first sign of this type of muscular dystrophy is usually drooping of the eyelids, followed by weakness of the muscles of the eye, face and throat, resulting in difficulty swallowing. Progression is slow.

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) usually starts around the 50s or 60s. It causes a weakness in the eye and throat muscles. The first symptoms are droopy eyelids and difficulty swallowing.

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a rare genetic muscle disorder with onset during adulthood most often between 40 and 60 years of age.

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facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
congenital muscular dystrophy
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distal muscular dystrophy
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy and
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Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy
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It can be so mild that it is not recognized, but it can also be severe. Myotonic dystrophy, facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD), and oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) are autosomal dominant.

See also: Muscular dystrophy, Dystrophy, Symptom, Weakness, Muscle weakness