Specialist in Muscle Disease Treatment

Muscle diseases are a group of diseases that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass.

There are many types of Muscle diseases such as Muscular dystrophy, Congenital Myopathies, Neuromuscular diorders such as inflammatory muscle diseases.

The symptoms of these diseases begin at different ages and in different muscle groups.

Some signs of symptoms which appear in early childhood are:

The causes for this disease are defective genes that are involved in making proteins that protect muscle fibres.

Muscle disease, if not treated, will affect breathing and heart function, which can be life threatening.

Dr Vikram Kishore Reddy MBBS, DNB (Pediatrics) , DNB (Neurology) is an expert in the field of neurology. He has treated many patients suffering from muscular dystrophy over the course of his career.

Before coming up with your treatment plan, Dr Vikram will first examine your medical history and conduct a physical examination. To determine the root cause of your issue, he may conduct a few more tests like enzyme tests,genetic evaluation, muscle biopsies, heart and lung monitoring tests to distinguish the various types of the disease.

People with muscular dystrophies should be monitored throughout their lives as they require extensive and specialized attention. After diagnosing your condition and it’s severity, Dr Vikram will then decide on an appropriate treatment plan.

The treatment plan may include medications, and therapy or a combination of both. Based on the location of the disease, you may also require braces and mobility aids as support for the weakened muscles.

Dr Vikram may also suggest you to undergo surgery in case contractures or a spinal curvature is making breathing more difficult. A pacemaker or other cardiac device may be installed to improve your heart function.

Dr Vikram’s neurocare in Nizampet specializes in treating the symptoms of muscular dystrophy. Book your appointment online or by phone, today.