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What Could Swollen Calf Muscles On Legs And Arms Due To Hardened Muscle Growing In Size Suggest?
Just visited a poor community in Guatemala. Young boy (age 10) swollen calf muscles on both legs and now beginning in arms. Not typical edema type (soft and spongy) but like a hardened muscle that is growing in size. The mother (widowed) and extremely poor was told that her bright young boy had only two years to live. They do not have access or money to be treated. Wondering what might be the diagnosis. Someone said cystic fibrosis - but that is lung related is it not?
Tue, 3 Mar 2015
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Swollen calf muscles with weakness in a young male boy is very much suggestive of muscular dystrophy or myopathy(gene abnormality).
There are many other uncommon causes of enlargement of calf muscle.
Cystic fibrosis does not causes calf muscle enlargement. Cystic fibrosis is a disease of lung,sweat gland,pancreas and liver.
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Swollen calf muscles with weakness in a young male boy is very much suggestive of muscular dystrophy or myopathy(gene abnormality).
There are many other uncommon causes of enlargement of calf muscle.
Cystic fibrosis does not causes calf muscle enlargement. Cystic fibrosis is a disease of lung,sweat gland,pancreas and liver.
Regards
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