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]
- 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.
Types:[edit | edit source]
[3]Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited diseases that are characterized by weakness and wasting away of muscle tissue, with or without the breakdown of nerve tissue. There are nine types of muscular dystrophy, with each type involving an eventual loss of strength, increasing disability, and possible deformity.
The most well known of the muscular dystrophies is Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), followed by Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD).
Becker:Symptoms are almost identical to Duchenne but less severe; progresses more slowly than Duchenne; survival into middle age.
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 fckLRFrom the National Institutes of HealthNational Institutes of Health http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/muscledisorders.html
- ↑ http://uhealthsystem.com/health-library/neuro/disorder/muscular/musctype
