Low blood potassium affects heart rhythm and
causes muscle weakness.
In addition to the usual signs of kidney failure, hypercalcemia
causes muscle weakness that may be misinterpreted as signs of hip dysplasia, spinal arthritis, etc..
Scientists at the University of Iowa have discovered the first example of a protein that
causes muscle weakness and loss during aging.
SMA is a genetic neuromuscular disorder that
causes muscle weakness.
This causes muscle weakness, difficulty swallowing and breathing, paralysis and, ultimately, death — often just three to five years after diagnosis.
SMA is a genetic neuromuscular disorder that
causes muscle weakness and one in every 10,000 children born is affected by it.
Native American myopathy
causes muscle weakness from birth and other severe problems that can lead to death before adulthood.
Infant botulism can
cause muscle weakness and difficulty breathing.
Botulism toxins can also
cause muscle weakness, and may take a few days to show up.
Peripheral nervous system complications of sepsis include two conditions, critical illness polyneuropathy and critical illness myopathy, which
cause muscle weakness and inability to wean from a ventilator.
In addition to determining that humans use chemosignals to attract one another, the findings could one day be used to create new therapies to correct hormone imbalances — most notably alternatives to cortisol replacement, which is used in treat maladies such as Addison's disease (in which the adrenal glands fail to pump out enough cortisol,
causing muscle weakness, weight loss and low blood pressure).
Spores of Clostridium botulinum bacteria — found in dirt and dust, which can contaminate honey — may lead to infant botulism and produce a toxin inside the body that can
cause muscle weakness and breathing problems.
Low dietary protein will increase your recovery time,
cause muscle weakness, and suppress your immune system.
Fatigue can
cause muscle weakness.
Alcohol and smoking
both cause muscle weakness and poor health quality.
Heart disease, diabetes, hypoglycemia and liver disease can also
cause muscle weakness.
EIC is a common muscle disorder that can
cause muscle weakness in dogs, leading to a sudden collapse during otherwise normal puppy play sessions.
This can
cause muscle weakness, can contribute to poor appetite and itself can worsen chronic kidney disease.
Not exact matches
Botulin can lead to botulism — a type of food poisoning that can
cause weakness, dizziness, double - vision,
muscle weakness, and other side effects.
The illness
causes progressive
muscle weakness and brain damage.
His parents confirmed that Charlie had died in a hospice yesterday after a long battle with an extremely rare genetic condition
causing progressive brain damage and
muscle weakness.
Diastasis recti is
caused by a relative
weakness of the fascia between the two rectus abdominus
muscles.
Hypotonia or «floppy infant syndrome», which may occur with or without
muscle weakness and
cause abnormal control of the oropharyngeal structures, resulting in weak or uncoordinated sucking
This type of
muscle weakness can
cause delayed gross motor skills and lack of coordination.
By supporting the abdomen, it can «turn off» the
muscles underneath,
causing increased
weakness long term.
The study looks at data on 26 side effects from a trial of approximately 10,000 patients and suggests that cases of
muscle pain and
weakness are unlikely to be directly
caused by statins, but may instead be due to the so - called nocebo effect, where the expectation of side effects can make patients more likely to report them.
TBIs can range from mild concussions —
causing only a headache or temporary blurred vision — to much more severe injuries —
causing seizures, confusion, memory and attention problems,
muscle weakness, or coma for many months.
It is known that Zika can
cause microcephaly, a severe birth defect in babies born to women infected with the virus, and Guillain - Barré syndrome, a neurological condition that can lead to
muscle weakness and, in severe cases, paralysis.
Using CRISPR / Cas9, the Hamon Center team was able to correct the genetic defect in a mouse model of DMD and thus prevent the development of features of the disease, which in boys
causes progressive
muscle weakness and degeneration, often along with breathing and heart complications.
Continued smoking exacerbates physical disabilities and
causes or contributes to many secondary conditions including respiratory and circulatory difficulties,
muscle weakness, delayed wound healing, worsening arthritis and osteoporosis.
In his work with Sunderland players, Garbutt has concentrated on ankle
weakness caused by
muscle imbalances.
Spinal muscular atrophy is a debilitating disease that
causes weakness and wasting of the
muscles.
Even the
weakness of old age may have an inflammatory
cause: Ferrucci has found that inflammatory activity breaks down skeletal
muscle, leading to the loss of lean
muscle mass.
The study could inform new treatments for a set of conditions known as peripheral neuropathies, which are
caused by damage to the cells in the PNS and can lead to extreme sensitivity to touch as well as numbness and
muscle weakness.
MS
causes symptoms such as
muscle weakness and difficulty speaking.
SMA is characterized by hypotonia and
muscle weakness, as spinal motor neurons are lost, and is
caused by mutations in the SMN gene.
It is characterized by the wasting of skeletal
muscles and
caused by progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord; the disease leads to increasing muscular
weakness, atrophy and premature death due to respiratory problems.
Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic disease that
causes the degeneration of spinal cord motor neurons and leads to progressive
muscle weakness, atrophy and inability to walk or sit, and breathing difficulties.
The screening proposed here is expected to lead to novel strategies for the treatment of centronuclear myopathies by reducing
muscle weakness caused by central nuclei in diseased
muscles.
But they don't know why the lack of SMN protein
causes spinal neurons to die, leading to
muscle weakness in patients.
The mutation
causes a loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and wasting of skeletal
muscles, leading to increasing muscular
weakness and loss of function.
For example, knowing that the SMA mutation
causes debilitating
muscle weakness, researchers might be able to target treatments to address that problem even if they don't have a therapy that would affect the motor neurons themselves.
Now, a new study sheds light on some of the suspected
causes of
muscle weakness.
«If we understand the
cause of this
muscle weakness, we can begin to look at potential therapies for treating it,» said Patrick M. Cowley, lead researcher.
It
causes progressive
weakness in
muscles of the face, arms, legs, and around the shoulders and chest.
While it's common to have discomfort in the area during and post-pregnancy (as your pelvis widens to prepare for birth, ligaments stretch and tug on the joint,
causing pain), many women experience it because of
muscle tightness or
weakness.
It can abruptly
cause fever, chills, fatigue, severe itching, rapid pulse, loss of appetite, and
muscle weakness, and it requires immediate medical attention, according to the NPF.
Since protein is needed for calcium absorption and supporting bone metabolism, a diet low in protein will not only raise your risk of
muscle loss, but it can also
cause bone
weakness, slow bone healing and fractures, apart from the
muscle loss.
Low levels are associated with
muscle weakness, and that includes your pelvic floor, possibly
causing you to get up several times a night to urinate or making you prone to accidental leaks,» she says.
In addition, serious deficiencies can
cause muscle pain and
weakness, soft bones and bone pain, and rickets.