What is the cause of myopathy?
What is the cause of myopathy?
Myopathy develops as the result of either inherited (congenital or genetic) disorders or acquired conditions of the muscles. Most commonly, people develop acquired myopathy from muscle fatigue, electrolyte imbalance, or dehydration, resulting in stiffness or cramping.
What are the symptoms of inflammatory myopathy?
General symptoms of chronic inflammatory myopathy include slow but progressive muscle weakness that starts in the proximal muscles—those muscles closest to the trunk of the body. Other symptoms include fatigue after walking or standing, tripping or falling, and difficulty swallowing or breathing.
Are myopathies fatal?
Myopathies usually are not fatal. Typically they cause muscle weakness and movement problems. The shoulders and thigh muscles are usually, but not always, affected earlier than the muscles of the hands and feet.
What are Myopathic disorders?
Definition. The myopathies are neuromuscular disorders in which the primary symptom is muscle weakness due to dysfunction of muscle fiber. Other symptoms of myopathy can include include muscle cramps, stiffness, and spasm.
How can I stop myopathy?
Certain types of myopathies can be treated with immune-suppressant agents and IVIG. Most myopathies require the use of supportive services, such as physical and occupational therapy, pulmonary medicine, cardiology, dietary management, and speech/swallowing therapists.
What is myopathy and what causes it?
Myopathy is a disease of the muscle in which the muscle fibers do not function properly. This results in muscular weakness. Myopathy means muscle disease ( Greek : myo- muscle + patheia -pathy : suffering ).
What are congenital myopathies?
Congenital myopathies include, but are not limited to: (G71.2) centronuclear myopathy (or myotubular myopathy) (in which the nuclei are abnormally found in the center of the muscle fibers), a rare muscle wasting disorder
What are the signs and symptoms of systemic myopathies?
Common symptoms include muscle weakness, cramps, stiffness, and tetany. Myopathies in systemic disease results from several different disease processes including endocrine, inflammatory, paraneoplastic, infectious, drug- and toxin-induced, critical illness myopathy, metabolic, collagen related, and myopathies with other systemic disorders.
What are myopathies of skeletal muscle?
Myopathies. Myopathies are defined as diseases of skeletal muscle and can have many causes. Accordingly, myopathies can present in a variety of ways, but one of the cardinal features is muscle weakness. Weakness can affect muscles of the eyes, face, arms, legs, trunk, swallowing, and breathing.
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