Patient's question:
My face is very large and is not well coordinated with my body. This belongs to severe forms of dystrophic myopathy. In which aspects does this disease specifically manifest?Doctor's answer:
Facial and shoulder cap muscle dystrophy is a hereditary muscle disease that most severely affects the muscles in the face, shoulders, upper arms, and other areas. The name FSHD comes from three parts: "facies," representing the meaning of face in Latin and medical terminology; "capitulum," representing the meaning of shoulder in Latin and anatomical terminology; and "humerus," representing the bone part of the shoulder and elbow (i.e., the humerus) in Latin and anatomical terminology.