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  1. Muscular dystrophy - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    May 17, 2025 · Muscular dystrophy is a group of diseases that causes muscles to become weaker and lose mass over time. The condition is caused by changes in the genes that make proteins needed to …

  2. Muscular dystrophy - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic

    May 17, 2025 · Muscular dystrophy treatment includes medicines, physical and occupational therapy, equipment, surgery, and other procedures. Ongoing tests of walking, swallowing, breathing and hand …

  3. Distrofia muscular - Síntomas y causas - Mayo Clinic

    Feb 11, 2022 · La distrofia muscular es un grupo de enfermedades que provocan debilidad progresiva y pérdida de la masa muscular. En la distrofia muscular, genes anormales (mutaciones) interfieren en …

  4. Mayo Clinic Q and A: Understanding Duchenne muscular dystrophy

    May 28, 2019 · Muscular dystrophy is an umbrella term applied to a group of muscle diseases in which there is a known genetic abnormality that affects proteins needed to form healthy muscle.

  5. Neuromuscular Disease - Overview - Mayo Clinic

    Nov 8, 2025 · Doctors are active in clinical and laboratory research to improve the diagnosis and treatment of people with neuromuscular diseases, including muscular dystrophy and ALS.

  6. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Sep 15, 2025 · Charcot (shahr-KOH)-Marie-Tooth disease is a group of inherited conditions that cause nerve damage. Inherited conditions pass down through families. This damage mainly is in the nerves …

  7. Toe walking in children - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Aug 12, 2025 · Muscular dystrophy. Toe walking sometimes occurs in this genetic disease in which muscle fibers are unusually prone to damage and weaken over time. This diagnosis might be more …

  8. Polymyositis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Nov 19, 2025 · Polymyositis may cause the muscular walls of the heart to become inflamed, called myocarditis. A small number of people who have polymyositis may get congestive heart failure and …

  9. Love to hear from others with muscular dystrophy. What can I expect?

    Jun 16, 2025 · Hello @catartist, Sorry to see you haven't found any help or information since being diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. @cmmichaela also started a discussion on Low LDH Muscular …

  10. Fibromuscular dysplasia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Jul 28, 2023 · Fibromuscular dysplasia is a condition that causes the medium-sized arteries in the body to narrow and grow larger. Narrowed arteries can reduce blood flow and affect how body organs …