Parmyotonia Congenita

Introduction: Parmyotonia Congenita

Description of Parmyotonia Congenita

Parmyotonia Congenita (medical condition): An inherited disorder characterized by progressive muscle...more »

See also:

Myotonic Dystrophy:
  »Introduction: Myotonic Dystrophy
  »Symptoms of Myotonic Dystrophy
  »Treatments for Myotonic Dystrophy

Parmyotonia Congenita as a Disease

Parmyotonia Congenita: Another name for Myotonic Dystrophy (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Myotonic Dystrophy
  »Symptoms of Myotonic Dystrophy
  »Treatments for Myotonic Dystrophy

Parmyotonia Congenita: Related Diseases

Parmyotonia Congenita: Parmyotonia Congenita is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Muscular Dystrophy
• Muscle conditions
• Genetic Disease
• Triplet Repeat Genetic Disorders
• Neuromuscular conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions

Symptoms of Parmyotonia Congenita (Myotonic Dystrophy)

Some of the symptoms of Parmyotonia Congenita incude:

• Muscle stiffness
• Muscle hypertrophy
• Progressive muscle wasting
• Progressive muscle weakness
• Prolonged muscle tensing

See full list of 20 symptoms of Parmyotonia Congenita (Myotonic Dystrophy)

Treatments for Parmyotonia Congenita (Myotonic Dystrophy)

Treatments for Parmyotonia Congenita (Myotonic Dystrophy) include:

• No treatment - not all cases require treatment
• Quinine
• Phenytoin
• Anticonvulsant drugs
• Physical therapy

Read more about treatments for Parmyotonia Congenita

Treatment of Parmyotonia Congenita: For more treatment information about Parmyotonia Congenita, see treatment of Myotonic Dystrophy (Parmyotonia Congenita)

Parmyotonia Congenita: Article Excerpts about Myotonic Dystrophy

Myotonic dystrophy is an inherited disorder in which the muscles contract but have decreasing power to relax....(Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)

Parmyotonia Congenita: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Parmyotonia Congenita:

• Finnish-type congenital muscular dystrophy
• Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy
• integrin-alpha7 beta1-deficiency disease
• laminin-alpha2 merosin-deficiency disease
• muscle-eye-brain disease
• Walker-Warburg congenital muscular dystrophy

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