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superficial anterior muscles, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy involves progressive muscle weakness, loss of muscle tissue, primarily affects the face, shoulder, upper arm muscles, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, type of muscular dystrophy, upper body, unlike some other types that affect primarily the lower body, duchenne muscular dystrophy, becker muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder, a autosomal dominant inheritance pattern, the disorder appears in both men, women, child, either parent carries the gene, the disorder, disorder is extremely variable, in the extent, severity, symptoms appear, symptoms often, not appear, ages 10 - 26, not uncommon, symptoms to appear much later, symptoms never develop, very slowly progressive, facial muscle weakness is common, shoulder muscle weakness causes, deformities scapular winging, sloping shoulders, difficulty raising the arms, shoulder, arm muscle weakness, weakness, the lower legs is possible, the disorder progresses, severe enough to interfere, walking, body systems, not affected, intellectual function is normal, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy affects approximately 5 out of 100,000 people, affects men, women equally, facial muscle weakness, eyelid drooping, inability to whistle, decreased facial expression, depressed, angry facial expression, difficulty pronouncing words, shoulder weakness, difficulty working, the arms raised, sloping shoulders, pronounced shoulder blades, scapular winging, hearing loss, rare, abnormal heart rhythm, rare, a physical examination reveals weakness, the facial, shoulder muscles, body symptoms, rare, high blood pressure, occur but, a serum creatine kinase test slightly elevated, an emg, electromyography, nonspecific, have mixed features of muscle, nerve involvement, a muscle biopsy nonspecific, confirm the diagnosis, a hearing test, indicate hearing loss, an electrocardiogram, ekg, indicate abnormal heart rhythm, an eye exam, in the blood vessels, in the back, the eye, no known cure, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, treatment is aimed at control, the symptoms to maximize the quality of life, activity is encouraged, inactivity bedrest, worsen the muscle disease, physical therapy helpful to maintain muscle strength, progressive disability occurs very slowly, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, patient's disability, minor, life span, not affected, permanent, progressive disability, decreased mobility, decreased ability to care, self, deformities, the face, shoulders, hearing loss, vision loss, rare, symptoms indicate facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy present, planning a family, spouse, family members have been diagnosed, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, genetic counseling advised, family history of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, genetic counseling is advised, disorder who plan to have children.