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Which are the symptoms of Spinal Muscular Atrophy?

Symptoms of Spinal Muscular Atrophy reported by real patients, from the most common to the most limiting, plus a medically reviewed summary with sources.

Spinal Muscular Atrophy symptoms
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Breathing problems
Digestive problems
Scoliosis

Posted Feb 22, 2017 by Daniel 1011
Absence Motor developments and not being able to reach mile stones

Posted Feb 23, 2017 by ugyen 1000
Respiratory distress, problems with swallowing, weakness of all muscles

Posted Feb 25, 2017 by Andrea 500
The worst symptoms of all forms of SMA are muscle weakening and atrophy. Some patients also have chronic pain.

Posted May 2, 2017 by Crystal Rondeau 755
Неспособность к самостоятельно передвижению

Posted Mar 20, 2019 by Светлана 300
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Progressive loss of strength, generalized to not being able to breathe

Posted May 10, 2017 by Carmen 1370
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Muscle weakness, fatigue

Posted Sep 11, 2017 by Ago 200
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A weakening of the muscles for the time being almost exclusively in the legs (iscios-tibialis I think)basically when I get up I have to rely mainly on my hands but and with good maintenance physically as via a physio maintenance, by the hygiene of life of the patient the progression of the disease will be minimal

Posted Nov 22, 2017 by 2000

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Charlotte & Wayne lost their first daughter Annabelle Rose when she was just 7 months and 12 days old due to a genetic muscle wasting condition called Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Annabelle had Type 1 which is the most severe form of the condition and ta...
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My son Grady was born on May 15th 2015. He wasn't due until June 19th but since I had polyhydraminos my water broke on May 13th. I had noticed while I was pregnant that Grady didn't move near as often or as much as my daughter did during my first pre...
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I was born on March 5, 1949, in a poor neighborhood of Lima, Peru, in a time where most houses had no electricity and radio music was a luxury only afforded by the few. The television had not yet come to the country and Internet was unimaginable. htt...
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My daughter has a SMA type1 , the start of the disease in 5.5 months. She is 17 months. She is breathing on her own. Little holding her head. Raises handle. She begins to talk.
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No less than two neurologists have diagnosed me with SMA, but I have to say, I'm pretty sure I DON'T have it. I'm strong, graceful and powerful... the only symptoms I'm experiencing are speech slurring, weak tongue and lips and mild difficulty breat...

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