I completely refused at first when people first told me about it. I am only 20, I am single and trying to raise a two year old daughter, I have Crohn's disease, Ulcerative Colitis, along with many other illnesses that I have been trying to live with all my life.
family history(noun) part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases. family history(Noun) an extension to genealogy in which the life and times of the people concerned are investigated. family history(Noun) Information concerning the disorders suffered by the direct relatives of a patient; especially useful if the disorders are genetic.
FSHD is also broadly characterized as a neuromuscular disease (NMD), as muscular dystrophy is a subset of NMD. FSHD is not a rare muscular dystrophy. FSHD is one of the most common diseases of muscle (also known as a myopathy). FSHD is the most prevalent hereditary muscular dystrophy affecting men, women and children.