This is defined
as muscular weakness of a neural (brain) origin which involves partial or incomplete paralysis, resulting from lesions at any level of the descending pathway from the brain.
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.
«We need to look at the neural factors involved — from the motor systems in the brain to the neuromuscular junction — to determine the cause
of muscular weakness in people with Down syndrome.»
I don't have Parkinsons but fibromyalgia
with muscular weakness and fatigue, and it helped a lot taking a 1/2 teaspoon of powder every morning.
Poor coordination of the suck - swallow - breathe pattern,
oral muscular weakness, limited range of motion, and hypersensitivity or hyposensitivity can all have a significant impact on the baby's ability to breastfeed.
We identified a family quartet with two children, both affected with a previously unreported disease, characterized by
progressive muscular weakness and cardiomyopathy, with normal intelligence.
Kyphosis and lordosis have a variety of causes, but in today's world many of us sit too much and exercise too little,
so muscular weakness and the resulting physical imbalances contribute greatly to these problems.
Yes, he wants to put a face on the disease for researchers who have never met a child with Pompe, a type of muscular dystrophy in which glycogen build - up causes
extensive muscular weakness, but that could cause, as Dr. Kent Webber (Jared Harris), a biotech VP with whom Crowley inevitably clashes heads, puts it, a lack of objectivity, maybe even causing scientists to cut corners.
By 8 months of age, affected kittens have
severe muscular weakness, atrophy and contraction, and an inability to use their limbs.
Charlie's eyelids can not stay open and his eyes point in different directions because
of muscular weakness.»
Macadamia Nuts: Macadamia nuts can
cause muscular weakness, depression, vomiting, disorientation, tremors, abdominal pain and muscle stiffness in dogs.
Audentes Therapeutics is focused on rare genetic diseases that affect muscles, including the heart, or reduce their victims to
muscular weakness.
Mitochondrial diseases affect the batteries of the cell and can lead to
muscular weakness, blindness, fatal heart failure, learning disability, liver failure, diabetes and can lead to death in early infancy.
Primates fed high levels of BMAA in the 1980s showed signs of neurological and
muscular weakness.
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.
SMA is a genetic, neuromuscular disease caused by progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord that leads to
muscular weakness and atrophy and increased risk for early death due to respiratory failure.
The wasting leads to increasing
muscular weakness, an inability to walk or stand and, in many cases, death.
Characterized by selective loss of nerve cells in the spinal cord, the disease leads to increasing
muscular weakness and atrophy.
This could explain the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, which are
muscular weakness and the uncoordinated movements.
Too much fluoride in your body can cause a number of terrible side effects, including nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, upset stomach, headaches, tremors, seizures,
muscular weakness, cancer, arthritis, white spots on the teeth, and death.
Symptoms of vitamin E deficiency include gastrointestinal diseases, hair loss, age spots,
muscular weakness, slow tissue healing, decreased sex drive, and leg cramps.
A deeper investigation into our own practice of yoga may reveal misalignments of the hips and pelvic floor due to over stretching,
muscular weakness, underlying pelvic rotations, and SI joint dysfunction.
In addition, mild cases of potassium toxicity can give rise to symptoms of
muscular weakness, tingling and temporary paralysis, while severe toxicity leads to an abnormal heartbeat that can result in cardiac arrest.
Many aging - induced changes, such as the incidence of malignancies in mice (10), the increases in blood glucose and insulin caused by insulin resistance (11), and
the muscular weakness have been shown to be decreased by the metabolism of ketone bodies (12).
Symptoms of hypothyroidism are: weak or slow heartbeat;
muscular weakness; constant fatigue; weight gain; depression; slow reflexes; sensitivity to cold; thick, puffy, or dry skin; slowed mental processes and poor memory; and constipation.
Muscular weakness is another sign, which in later stages of the disease, leads to ataxia (failure of muscle coordination) in dogs.
But their latest project is Toby, a 10 - week - old kitten that is dealing with
some muscular weakness and motor skill issues.
In older dogs, the first sign of problems may be megaesophagus — enlargement of the esophagus due to
the muscular weakness, leading to swallowing.
Hypothyroidism has been linked with facial paralysis, laryngeal paralysis,
muscular weakness and a number of other signs.
Dogs which repeatedly experience canine paw sprain problems should be considered as having
muscular weakness, nutritional deficiencies and possibly anatomical deformities in the musculoskeletal system.
Another potential sequel to vaccine - induced encephalitis; Merck describes paresis as: «
Muscular weakness of neural origin.
Other signs of Cushing's include poor hair coat, skin infections and darkening, increased thirst and urination, panting, a potbellied appearance, increased hunger, and
muscular weakness.
Breathing in both ethylbenzene and benzene can cause cancer and reproductive effects, while breathing in n - hexane can damage the nervous system and usher in numbness in the extremities,
muscular weakness, blurred vision, headaches, and fatigue.
Laparoscopic surgery (also known as «keyhole surgery»):
The muscular weakness is repaired by inserting mesh through the lining of the abdominal wall.