Myopathies

[livingwith]

My story is about my 17 year old son. About 6 months ago he started complaining of his legs being weak and falling down a lot. Since he has gotten worse and can hardly walk now and when he does it is very short distance and he looses his balance easily. We have been to the MD clinic and he has been diagnosed with non specific myopathies with features of type2 atrophy. They are still running more test to help narrow it down. He is now having shortness of breath especially when he walks and troubl...Read the full article

[Lady Sage]

Hi, Sorry to hear about your son. I just wanted to say, my Dr. has mentioned to me about hyper or hypo thyroid myopathy. How is your son's thyroid levels. Apparently if the thyroid is not functioning properly then muscles, heart and many other things can be affected. I have a low TSH of 0.10 and I am having some muscular problems now and heart palpitations. Dr is running some more tests. I will have to wait for the results. BTW I had my thyroid removed due to cancer and am taking a daily thyroid supplement. I am apparently not a the right dose for me and my muscles.