Table 2.
Most frequent patients/parents reported symptoms*.
Constitutiona l |
Musculoskeleta l |
Neurological | Gastro-Intestinal | Cardiac | Other | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High Frequency symptoms (in >50% of patients) | |||||||||||
Chronic fatigue |
61 % |
Weakness | 50% | ||||||||
Medium frequency symptoms (in 25–50% of patients) | |||||||||||
Tempera ture instabilit y Exercise intoleran ce |
48 % 42.5 % |
Myalgia | 38 % |
Ptosis Headaches/Mi graines Developmenta l delay /Intellectual disability |
30% 28% 27% |
Irritable bowel syndrome Dysphagia |
33% 25% |
Anxiety | 25% | ||
Low frequency symptoms (in <25% of patients) | |||||||||||
Difficult y gaining weight Growth delay Cachexi a Lipoma |
12 % 6% 5% 3% |
Myoglobin uria Rhabdomy olysis |
1.5 % 2% |
Myoclonus PEO Seizures Ataxia Neuropathy Hypotonia Spasticity Dysarthria Optic Atrophy Dystonia Hearing loss Stroke/TIA Developmental regression Autism Dementia |
20 % 17 % 17 % 17 % 17 % 15 % 15 % 15 % 11 % 10 % 9% 7% 5.5 % 8% 3.7 % |
Gastroparesi s GI dysmotility Nausea/Vo miting Pseudoobstr uction Steatosis Pancreatic dysfunction Hepatopathy |
23% 14% 12%5 % 4.5% 3% 2% |
Arrhythmia s SOB Syncope Cardiomyo pathy |
18 % 11 % 6 % 4 % |
Depression Thyroid disease Diabetes Short stature Parathyroi d disease Hypogona dism Delayed puberty Renal tubulopath y |
19 % 9 % 7 % 7 % 7 % 2 % 3 % 2 % |
patients reported more than one symptom at a time. For most patients a combination of constitutional, musculoskeletal, neurological and gastro-intestinal complaints were reported in combination.