Can't lift your arms to form a shoulder

Facial-shoulder-brachial muscular dystrophy: Both men and women, onset in adolescence, first of all, facial muscles are weak, often asymmetric, can not show teeth, protruding lips. Eyes closed and frown, orbicular orbicularis muscle may have pseudohypertrophy, As a result, the lips are thick and the lips are raised. Some shoulder and humerus muscle groups are affected first, so that the two arms cannot be lifted up to form a vertical shoulder. The muscles of the upper arm are atrophied, but the forearm and hand muscles are not violated. The course of the disease progresses very slowly, often with frustration or remission.

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