oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy life expectancy

What is oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy? Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a rare genetic muscle condition with onset during adulthood most often between 40 and 60 years of age, which is characterized by slowly progressive muscle disease means myopathy affecting the muscles of the upper eyelids and the part of the throat called the pharynx. Affected…