What are the symptoms of progressive muscle weakness?

Progressive muscular dystrophy is very unfamiliar to many people. The general cause of progressive muscular dystrophy is the sudden appearance of special antibodies in the body. These special antibodies will damage the human skin and muscles, surround the human body structure, and cause the human body to enter the lesion, which will cause symptoms such as general weakness and poor spirits.

1. The cause of progressive muscular weakness: There is an antibody in the body that normal people should not have. This antibody destroys a special structure on the muscle, which is called "acetylcholine receptor", making it impossible for the muscle to accept the command of the nerves and move smoothly.

2. Progressive muscle weakness symptoms:

1. Drooping eyelids 2. Double vision 3. Lip slurring, slurred speech or hoarse voice 4. Inability to chew or swallow food 5. Combing hair, shaving, climbing stairs and walking may be possible at first, but cannot be done after a few repetitions 6. Even inability to spit out phlegm or difficulty breathing.

3. For progressive muscular weakness, maintaining a happy mood, eliminating negative mental damage such as pessimism, fear, depression, and impatience, and building confidence in victory, strong will and optimistic emotions are crucial to improving efficacy and promoting recovery. The following methods can be adopted for specific psychological care.

1. The method of controlling emotions with emotions: It refers to the method in which doctors use words, actions, and things as means to stimulate certain emotional changes in patients in order to control their pathological emotions and promote physical and mental recovery. For example, for patients with impotence who look depressed and gloomy, the method of smiling and regulating is quite suitable. You can tell stories, jokes, listen to crosstalk, watch comedy performances, etc. to make patients with progressive myasthenia laugh and be happy. You can also talk to the patients, use care and consideration or use a lot of examples to enlighten the patients, let them see the light of hope, turn worries into joy, and muster the courage to live, thereby promoting early improvement of the symptoms and physical recovery.

2. Entertainment and relaxation method: It refers to a method in which doctors guide patients or patients use traditional entertainment methods on their own to achieve a relaxed state of mind, move joints, relax muscles and activate blood circulation, and nourish both the mind and the body. Various games, dancing, chess, fishing, calligraphy and painting, toys and music are all ways to entertain and relax the mind. Patients with progressive myasthenia can choose appropriate entertainment activities according to their different symptoms and expressions, as well as their respective interests and hobbies.

3. Environmental refreshing method: It refers to the method of choosing a place with beautiful environment and pleasant scenery to cultivate temperament, refresh the mind and promote recovery. The specific environment can be quiet forests, clear springs, magnificent mountains, plenty of sunshine, fresh air, pleasant fragrant flowers, or natural caves, artificial grottoes, etc. The room should be well ventilated, well lit, quiet and spacious; the color arrangement should be determined according to the mood and symptoms, and it is best to be pleasing to the heart and eyes.