Muscular Atrophy Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Peripheral Neuropathy

Muscular atrophy of hand muscles persisted. Large fibers were involved more extensively than small fibers. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Boulis works on novel treatments for several nerve disorders, including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) and Spinal Muscular Atrophy [emoryhealthcare.org]

The most common symptoms include slowly progressive muscle weakness, fatigue (both generalized and muscular), and a gradual decrease in the size of muscles (muscle atrophy [ninds.nih.gov]

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Polyneuropathy

Neurologic examinations revealed diffuse muscular atrophy in his trunk, shoulders, upper limbs, thenar eminence and pelvic girdle. [jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com]

Neuronal Peroneal Muscular Atrophy (HMSN II) Autosomal dominant inheritance is also the case with HMSN II. [lecturio.com]

atrophy & Responds to IVIg Infection Varicella Zoster ; Poliomyelitis ; Leprosy ; Lyme Disease Autoimmune Etiology Polyarteritis Nodosa Rheumatoid Arthritis Other Vasculitis [enotes.tripod.com]

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Motor complaints relate to thenar muscular weakness and atrophy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

(particularly peroneal muscular atrophy) resulting in foot dorsiflexor weakness, foot drop, and secondary steppage gait. [doi.org]

Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease is highly variable in presentation but is characterized by distal symmetric polyneuropathy, 9 with slowly progressive distal muscle weakness and atrophy [doi.org]

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Muscular Dystrophy

Spinal muscular atrophies: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or motor neuron disease Infantile progressive spinal muscular atrophy Intermediate spinal muscular atrophy [urmc.rochester.edu]

Spinal muscular atrophies Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or motor neuron disease Infantile progressive spinal muscular atrophy Intermediate spinal muscular atrophy Juvenile [hopkinsmedicine.org]

Distal muscular dystrophies are a group of inherited primary muscle disorders showing progressive weakness and atrophy preferentially in the hands, forearm, lower legs, or [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

In late-stage Roche, they have treatments that are being tested for Alzheimer’s disease, Autism, and for Spinal Muscular Atrophy. [mdmag.com]

muscular atrophy）脊肌萎缩症伴有小脑发育不全（英语：Spinal muscular atrophy with pontocerebellar hypoplasia）脊肌萎缩症伴有较低极限优势（英语：Spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance）脊肌萎缩症伴有进行性肌阵挛性癫痫 [beichengjiu.com]

Roche has more than a dozen investigational medicines in clinical development for diseases that include multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, spinal muscular atrophy, Parkinson [finance.yahoo.com]

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Progressive Muscular Atrophy

The name "spinal muscular atrophy" is ambiguous as it refers to any of various spinal muscular atrophies, including the autosomal recessive spinal muscular atrophy caused [en.wikipedia.org]

KEYWORDS: Lower motor neuron syndrome; Lower motor neuron-onset ALS; PMA; Progressive muscular atrophy [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] in weakness and muscular atrophy, usually without evidence of injury to the corticospinal tracts Applies To Duchenne-Aran muscular atrophy Progressive muscular atrophy (pure [icd9data.com]

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Motor Neuron Disease

Some MNDs, such as ALS and some forms of spinal muscular atrophy, are fatal. [ninds.nih.gov]

A somewhat better prognosis is seen in progressive muscular atrophy, where patients live up to 25 years. [symptoma.com]

It is a rare form of muscular atrophy leading to weakness. [imnda.ie]

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Primary Lateral Sclerosis

This locus had not been implicated in ALS or in hereditary spastic parapareses, spinal muscular atrophy, or spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy. [7] A genetically mediated [emedicine.com]

atrophy (PMA) and spinal muscular atrophies (SMAs) Upper and lower motor neurons - ALS ALS is the most common of the MNDs. [emedicine.com]

The traditional classification of MNDs is according to the affected cell types, as follows: Upper motor neurons alone - PLS Lower motor neurons alone - Progressive muscular [emedicine.com]

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

The patients were a 54-year-old man with progressive muscular atrophy who underwent removal of internal fixators in the arm and leg, and a 66-year-old woman with amyotrophic [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

BACKGROUND: Informal caregivers of patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Progressive Muscular Atrophy (PMA) face stressful demands due to severe impairments [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Excluding lower motor neuron FA and FL cases, progressive muscular atrophy comprised 4% of the sample and had a prognosis similar to typical limb onset ALS. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Graves Disease

[…] wasting and disuse atrophy, not elsewhere classified 728.89 Other disorders of muscle, ligament, and fascia 729.9 Other and unspecified disorders of soft tissue 781.2 Abnormality [accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com]

[…] thyroid disorders. 315.4 Developmental coordination disorder 709.2 Scar conditions and fibrosis of the skin 719.70 Difficulty in walking involving joint site unspecified 728.2 Muscular [accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com]

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Multifocal Motor Neuropathy

Abstract Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) and progressive muscular atrophy (PMA) are associated with IgM monoclonal gammopathy or the presence IgM anti-GM1-antibodies. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Monoclonal gammopathy was determined by immunoelectrophoresis and immunofixation in serum from 445 patients with ALS, 158 patients with progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Atrophy? [jscimedcentral.com]

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Hyperthyroidism

Please log in to edit this article. Edit German : Hyperthyreose, Hyperthyreoidismus, Schilddrüsenüberfunktion 1 Definition Hyperthyroidism means having abnormally high levels of thyroid hormones. Thyroid hormones, which are made by the thyroid gland in the lower front of the neck, regulate the body's energy. When[…] [flexikon.doccheck.com]

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Bell's Palsy

atrophy : Werdnig-Hoffman disease - Kugelberg-Welander disease - Fazio Londe syndrome - MND ( Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), Progressive [marefa.org]

تؤثر أساساً في الجهاز العصبي المركزي Huntington's disease - Spinocerebellar ataxia ( Friedreich's ataxia, Ataxia telangiectasia, Hereditary spastic paraplegia ) Spinal muscular [marefa.org]

320-359 ) الأمراض الإلتهابية للجهاز العصبي المركزي Meningitis - Encephalitis - Myelitis - Encephalomyelitis ( Acute disseminated ) - Tropical spastic paraparesis Systemic atrophies [marefa.org]

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Becker Muscular Dystrophy

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to explore the prevalence, nature and scope of pain in adolescents with spinal muscular atrophy and Duchenne and Becker muscular [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

muscular atrophy (SMA). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Two other patients with a deletion of exon 47 showed progressive muscular atrophy and weakness; they were considered to be typical BMD in both clinical features and the type [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Zinc Deficiency

A 5-month-old female infant, preterm, exclusively breast-fed, presented with a 2-month history of erythematous, erosive, and crusted patches and plaques in a peri-oral, scalp, genital, and peri-anal distribution. A clinical diagnosis of zinc deficiency was confirmed by a low serum zinc level in the infant and decreased[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Diabetes Mellitus Type 1

Children with diabetes mellitus (DM) type 1 may be at risk for iron deficiency (ID) although this has been little studied. ID is either an absolute (depleted iron stores) or a functional (restricted iron stores due to chronic inflammation) deficiency each requiring a different therapeutic approach. Unfortunately,[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Hemophilia

If not managed properly it can lead to fibrosis and contractures with muscular atrophy and pseudotumor formation. [intechopen.com]

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Cervical Spondylosis

Although degenerative cervical spondylosis is a common neurosurgical problem, not much has been published about the hereditary factors responsible for it. The authors report on a set of identical twins who presented to their service at a relatively young age with myelopathy due to degenerative cervical disc[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Syringomyelia

It results in neurological deficits that generally consist of segmental muscular weakness and atrophy accompanied by a dissociated sensory loss (loss of pain and temperature [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Syringomyelia is marked clinically by pain and PARESTHESIA, muscular atrophy of the hands, and analgesia with thermoanesthesia of the hands and arms, but with the tactile [fpnotebook.com]

Syringomyelia is marked clinically by pain and paresthesia, followed by muscular atrophy of the hands and analgesia with thermoanesthesia of the hands and arms, but with the [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

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Celiac Disease

atrophy Headache Hypertransaminasemia Anemia Pubertal delay Extraintestinal symptoms A tendency towards lower clinical manifestations can be observed as age increases[ 4 [dx.doi.org]

[…] irritable bowel syndrome Malnutrition Iron deficiency Iron deficiency Bloating Abdominal pain Constipation Vomiting Dyspepsia Osteoporosis Irritability Growth delay Arthritis Muscular [dx.doi.org]

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Addison Disease

Spontaneous resolution is rare, and the disease may be aggressive with soft-tissue sclerosis and muscular atrophy, bone involvement with resorptive osteolysis, or loss of [dermatologyadvisor.com]

Cause The most common cause of Addison’s disease is idiopathic autoimmune adrenal atrophy. [symptoma.com]

With more severe disease, over time the local inflammation may induce sclerosis of underlying soft tissue, muscular atrophy, arthropathy of interphalangeal joints, and osteolysis [dermatologyadvisor.com]

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Erb Muscular Dystrophy

At that time, the differentiation between the spinal muscular atrophies and weakness associated with central nervous system disorders and primary muscle disease had not been [emedicine.medscape.com]

atrophy • proximal weakness • onset of weakness is earlier in childhood • absent deep tendon reflexes and fasciculations • CPK levels are normal • pseudohypertrophy is absent [orthobullets.com]

A heterogeneous group of genetic disorders characterized by progressive muscular atrophy and muscle weakness beginning in the hands, the legs, or the feet. [icd10data.com]

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Anorexia Nervosa

She was admitted to a highly specialised eating disorder facility with distended abdomen, muscular atrophy, ulcerative dermatitis, electrolyte derangements and low serum albumin [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Diabetic Neuropathy

View/Print Table TABLE 2 Symptoms of Diabetic Neuropathy Sensorimotor neuropathy Muscular symptoms: muscle weakness (not fatigue), atrophy, balance problems, ataxic gait Sensory [aafp.org]

[…] symptoms: muscle weakness (not fatigue), atrophy, balance problems, ataxic gait Sensory symptoms: pain, paresthesia, numbness, paralysis, cramping, nighttime falls, antalgic [aafp.org]

[…] unawareness Other symptoms: difficulty driving at night, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, cognitive changes TABLE 2 Symptoms of Diabetic Neuropathy Sensorimotor neuropathy Muscular [aafp.org]

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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

atrophy, autosomal recessive type 4 (Hyperlordosis) Distal spinal muscular atrophy, congenital nonprogressive (Hyperlordosis) Distal 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome (Hyperlordosis [144.217.79.236]

Peroneal muscular atrophy (PMA) and related disorders. I. Clinical manifestations as related to biopsy findings, nerve conduction and electromyography. [doi.org]

Peroneal muscular atrophy (PMA) and related disorders: I. [em-consulte.com]

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Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy

atrophy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] by Duchenne.1,2 Other descriptions followed: familial atrophy of the pelvic girdle muscles (Leyden in 1876), scapulohumeral muscular atrophy (Erb in 1884), and myopathy with [dash.harvard.edu]

Spinal muscular atrophy. [patient.info]

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Guillain-Barré Syndrome

RESULTS: All six patients had different degrees of muscular atrophy at nadir and in two, respiratory muscles were involved. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The peroneal muscular atrophy syndrome 8. The ataxic neuropathies 9. Sensory neuropathies 10. Neuropathies in metabolic and degenerative disorders 11. [scinapse.io]

The CSF findings, in combination with certain clinical features, allowed AIDP to be distinguished from anterior horn cell diseases such as poliomyelitis, spinal muscular atrophy [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Déjérine-Sottas disease Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy, types I-IV Hypertrophic neuropathy of infancy Peroneal muscular atrophy (axonal [icd.codes]

Peroneal muscular atrophy Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is a group of genetic nerve disorders. [icdlist.com]

These symptoms are a result of severe muscular weakness and atrophy. [en.wikipedia.org]

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Peripheral Vascular Disease

Peripheral vascular disease, abbreviated as PVD, is a condition characterized by obstruction of large arteries, causing the blood supply to reduce significantly. Such a type of condition is also referred to as Peripheral arterial disease. Intermittent claudication, characterized by pain in leg, experienced while walking,[…] [symptoma.com]

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Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 356.1 Peroneal muscular atrophy 2015 Billable Thru Sept 30/2015 Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015 ICD-9-CM 356.1 is a billable medical code that [icd9data.com]

atrophy Peroneal muscular atrophy Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease、C-M-T [wikidata.org]

atrophy ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 356.1 : [icd9data.com]

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