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Muscular Dystrophy
Symptoms
Nursing Intervention
100
This is the main body system effected by the disorder.
What is the musculoskeletal system?
100
This is the predominant symptom in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
What is facial weakness?
100
These are interventions for the nursing diagnosis" "Activity intolerance related to muscle weakness."
What is encourage exercise while teaching s/s of exercise overload?
200
This is the most common form of muscular dystrophy.
What is Duchenne's disease?
200
This is the maneuver that children with Duchenne's use to get up from a sitting position.
What is Gower's maneuver?
200
These are interventions for the nursing diagnosis: "Impaired physical mobility related to skeletal muscle wasting"
What is encourage the use of adaptive equipment as needed (i.e. back brace)?
300
This is the protein that is defective/absent in the muscles of individual's with muscular dystrophy.
What is dystrophin?
300
This another symptom, other than muscle weakness, associated with muscular dystrophy? (name any)
What is inadequate respiratory function, cardiac complications, contractures, scoliosis?
300
These are interventions for the nursing diagnosis: "self-care deficit related to progressive weakness"
What is: -instruct family in ways to adapt home (i.e. grab bars, wheelchair access) -have child maintain independence as long as possible