A digoxin test may be ordered when it is suspected that levels are too low in someone who is taking the medication and has symptoms of heart failure such as: 1  Fatigue. 2  Shortness of breath. 3  Swelling in the hands and feet (edema).
lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease that has some genetic factors it is also tied to environmental risk which may determine whether people actually ever manifest the illnessthese environmental factors may also play a role in the degree to which lupus may affect a person s life and mortalityupus can manifest in different parts of the body but may include joint pain swollen legs and feet may be symptoms of lupus nephritis a form of renal parenchymal disease people can have a genetic predisposition for lupus
muscular dystrophy md is a broad term that describes a genetic inherited disorder of the muscles muscular dystrophy causes the muscles in the body to become very weakthe muscles break down and are replaced with fatty deposits over timeuchenne muscular dystrophy is a genetic disease which means it is inherited our genes determine our traits such as eye color and blood type genes are contained in the cells of our bodies on stick like structures called chromosomes there are normally 46 chromosomes in each cell of our body or 23 pairs