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He watched his whole family get this rare disease — now his symptoms are starting at 64

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A 64-year-old man is experiencing symptoms of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, a rare disease that has affected his father and other family members.

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy typically begins around age 65, and one man is watching his father's health history repeat itself in real time.

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