Muscular Dystrophy : Doctor Specialties
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Doctor Specialties could include:
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Physical Therapist - NUCCProviderCodes
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Call your health care provider if the symptoms suggestive of muscular dystrophy occur. Call your health care provider if there is a personal or family history of muscular dystrophy and you are planning to have children.
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When to call the doctor. A doctor should be consulted whenever muscle development is thought to be abnormal or slow.
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Health care team roles. A pediatrician or family physician often make an initial diagnosis of muscular dystrophy. Counselors and nurses provide support to people with muscular dystrophy and their families.
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A neurologist is a physician who has undergone additional training to diagnose and treat disorders of the nervous system. The training a neurologist receives enables the individual to recognize nervous system malfunctions, to accurately diagnose the nature of the dysfunction (such as disease or injury), and to treat the malady.
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A physician who specializes in the treatment of children from birth through adolescence. A pediatrician is a physician who has taken extra training in the development and diseases of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults through age 21.
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