How do you spot a proximal muscle disease?
Proximal muscle diseases largely affect the muscles closest to the core of the body and can present with subtle and seemingly unrelated symptoms.
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Muscle diseases
What are proximal muscle diseases, what causes them, are they easy to spot and are they all the same?
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Getting help
Whatever symptoms are concerning you, it’s important that you get help. Create a tailored symptom report and get useful tips to help you work with your doctor.
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Understanding proximal
muscle diseases
Proximal muscles are those muscles that are closest to the core of your body, including the upper legs, hips, upper arms, shoulders and the core itself.
A complex set of diseases affecting muscles in these areas can present with mild and seemingly unrelated symptoms, so it’s really important to recognise and communicate anything you may be experiencing to your doctor.
It may be difficult climbing stairs, or getting out of a chair. You might find it hard to breathe lying down, or have started getting headaches in the morning. You may have even found yourself, or others, labeling you as lazy, lethargic or weak.
So, whether you’ve just started noticing things that don’t feel quite right, or you want to understand symptoms that may be worsening, our tailored report will provide information to help you gain the confidence to work with your doctor to get the answers you need. Because finding the right label, could be life changing.
SYMPTOM LIST
MUSCLE DISEASES
A broad set of diseases can affect the proximal muscles.
Read some examples and learn about how they relate.