Muscle Disorders
Descripation:[edit | edit source]
The terms ’muscle disease’, ‘muscular dystrophy’, ‘neuromuscular conditions’ and ‘neuromuscular disorders’ all describe a large group of conditions which affect either the muscles, such as those in the arms and legs or heart and lungs, or the nerves which control the muscles. [1]
Causes:[edit | edit source]
Causes of muscle disorders include[2]
- Injury or overuse, such as sprains or strains, cramps or tendinitis
- A genetic disorder, such as muscular dystrophy
- Some cancers
- Inflammation, such as myositis
- Diseases of nerves that affect Muscle
- Infectious_Diseases
- Certain medicines
Sometimes the cause is not known.
Reference:[edit | edit source]
- ↑ http://www.muscular-dystrophy.org/newly_diagnosed/about_muscle_disease/545_what_is_muscle_disease
- ↑ A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine From the National Institutes of HealthNational Institutes of Health http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/muscledisorders.html
