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.