Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OCMD) – Less Than One in 100,000 People Affected

What is OCMD?: OPMD is a rare genetic muscle disorder that typically emerges in adulthood, most often between the ages of 40 and 60. As a form of muscular dystrophy, it causes slowly progressive muscle weakness and wasting; however, unlike most other muscular dystrophies that begin during childhood or adolescence, OPMD specifically targets the voluntary… Read.