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Q: supraventricular tachycardia and muscle spasms
asked by: f a m o u s on August 21st, 2008
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hello, i am a 14 year old girl andi have a question,, think i may have becker md, but i dont know... i have recently been diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia (a fast heart rate) it is usually about 160-180 bpm when i am resting. i also walk on my toes (since i was a baby) and i recently have noticed that i have enlarged calf muscles (i am quite small though, like 5'1 size 0 or 1.) i also always get painfull muscle spasms in my leg muscles and i get pulled muscls alot, very easly. i am also extreamly weak. i was looking uo my syntoms on the internet and i found that i have all of the syntoms of md. also i have been to the doc because i ahve a very curved back, not like the scoliosis curve, but it curves in like towards my stomach, he told me that it is called something (i canbt remember) but i shouldnt worry about it unless it gets worse. now that is also a syntom of becker md. what should i do?? like nurse i am very worried do u think that i have muscular distrophy??
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imakat2
replied on April 6th, 2009
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Yes it is possible.
Go ask your doctor for a blood test for DNA screening for muscular dystrophy. It is possible that you may have a form of muscular dystrophy. DNA screening will prove absolutely that the deletions are there or rule it out completely. Myself I am a manifesting carrier of Duchennes muscular dystrophy - a female carrier with symptoms. The only way I got my diagnosis was by that DNA test for the muscular dystrophy deletions. Good luck.
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