My 3 year old baby cousin is suspected to
have duchenne muscle dystrophy. The
diagnosis will be confirmed next month,
after muscle biopsy. But there are tests
that indicate this disease.
His ck is 56.000 and his electromyogram
showed his muscle activity to be 5 times
lower than normal.
He walks and moves just like a normal kid
- no visible signs of anything wrong.
I just wanted to know - is there any
posibility that this isn't duchenne? Has
anybody heard of a ck that high corelated
to a non-duchenne disease? Maybe muscle
inflamation or something?
The test results will come back next month
but until then - is there the tiniest
shred of hope?
I should probably mention that he was
suspected to have hepatitis (although all
tests in that direction came back
negative) and that even though he is
three, he's not talking yet. Not one
word.
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