Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Questions

You need to take calcium and vitamins rich diet.
Maintaining proper posture is more important to stop further increase in pain.
Visit nearby physiotherapy clinic and take electrotherapy for 2 weeks.
After a week of physio sessions, you will be suggested with strengthening exercises.

treatment will countinue for life time.
medcine will change according urs condition.
do regular exercises.,swimming.,aerobics,streching.
counslt to physio.

Muscular dystrophy is a group of rare inherited muscle disease in which muscle fibers are unusually susceptible to damage. Muscles, primarily voluntary muscle ,become progressively weaker.
In the late stage of muscular dystrophy ,fat and connective tissue often replace muscle fibers.
In some type of muscular dystrophy, heart muscle, other involuntary muscles, and other organs are affected.
Although there's no cure for any form of muscular dystrophy, treatment for some forms of the di...more

Ankylosing spondylitis is a cause of back pain in adolescents and young adults.
Ankylosing spondylitis is a form of chronic inflammation of the spine and the sacroiliac joints
chronic inflammation in these areas causes pain and stiffness in and around the spine, including the neck, middle back, lower back, and buttocks. Over time, chronic inflammation of the spine (spondylitis) can lead to a complete cementing together (fusion) of the vertebrae, a process referred to as ankylosis. Ankylo...more

Back pain can affect people of any age, for different reasonsas people get older, the chance of developing lower back pain increases, due to factors such as previous occupation and degenerative disk disease.
Lower back pain may be linked to the bony lumbar spine, discs between the vertebrae, ligaments around the spine and discs, spinal cord and nerves, lower back muscles, abdominal and pelvic internal organs, and the skin around the lumbar area.
•acute pain starts suddenly and lasts for ...more

Hello lybrate-user,
ankylosing spondylitis is a painful condition, it is type of chronic arthritis, to be more scientific, it's seronegative spondyloarthropathy mainly affecting spine and sacro iliac joint and later large joints, ligaments etc
due to chronic use of steriods and other drugs which you are taking are immuno suppressants, these drugs decreases your immunity or immune response. As such their is no contraindications as far I know, you can take get vaccine jab but your body res...more

I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
Sulfasalazine won't start to work immediately, and it could be at least 12 weeks before you notice any effects. You shouldn't take sulfasalazine if you're known to have an allergy to salicylates. Salicylate is a natural chemical that is found in some foods.
Let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a suitable treatment plan for you.

Ankylosing spondylitis is a cause of back pain in adolescents and young adults.
Ankylosing spondylitis is a form of chronic inflammation of the spine and the sacroiliac joints
chronic inflammation in these areas causes pain and stiffness in and around the spine, including the neck, middle back, lower back, and buttocks. Over time, chronic inflammation of the spine (spondylitis) can lead to a complete cementing together (fusion) of the vertebrae, a process referred to as ankylosis. Ankylo...more

I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
Windswept knees refer to the appearance of a bilateral knee joint deformity where one knee is in valgus and the other is in varus. The name describes the position of the knees if the wind blew across the legs of a patient, causing this evocatively-named appearance.
Let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a suitable treatment plan for you.

A dominantly inherited disorder means you only need to inherit the mutated gene from one parent to be affected. This means that if you have a child with an unaffected partner, there's still a 50% chance of your child developing the condition.
However, there are some medications in homoeopathy that may reduce the risk and help. You may reach us with the details of the mother and kids to get the best help possible.