Category: Health A – Z
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Welander’s Distal Myopathy – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Welander’s Distal Myopathy/Distal muscular dystrophies are a group of rare, genetic, inherited primary muscle disorders showing progressive weakness and atrophy preferentially in the hands, forearm, lower legs, or feet. The distal muscles are those farther from the center of the body and include the muscles of the lower arms and legs and the hands and…
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Distal Muscular Dystrophies – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Distal muscular dystrophies are a group of rare, genetic, inherited primary muscle disorders showing progressive weakness and atrophy preferentially in the hands, forearm, lower legs, or feet. The distal muscles are those farther from the center of the body and include the muscles of the lower arms and legs and the hands and feet. Conversely, the…
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Myopathic Limb-Girdle Syndrome – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Myopathic Limb-Girdle Syndrome/Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMDs) are a group of rare progressive, genetic, hereditary myopathies disorders characterized by predominantly proximal muscle weakness of the voluntary muscles of the hip and shoulder areas (limb-girdle area), and(pelvic and shoulder girdles).[rx] Initially described as a clinical phenotype, they are now recognized as a heterogeneous group of myopathies that…
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Ricker Syndrome – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Ricker Syndrome/Myotonic dystrophy is characterized by progressive multisystem genetic impairment in relaxation of muscles after voluntary contraction due to repetitive depolarization of the muscle membrane disorders muscle wasting and weakness. People with this disorder often have prolonged muscle contractions (myotonia) and are not able to relax certain muscles after use. For example, a person may…
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Proximal Myotonic Myopathy (PROMM)
Proximal Myotonic Myopathy (PROMM)/Myotonic dystrophy is characterized by progressive multisystem genetic impairment in relaxation of muscles after voluntary contraction due to repetitive depolarization of the muscle membrane disorders muscle wasting and weakness. People with this disorder often have prolonged muscle contractions (myotonia) and are not able to relax certain muscles after use. For example, a…
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Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy/Myotonic dystrophy is characterized by progressive multisystem genetic impairment in relaxation of muscles after voluntary contraction due to repetitive depolarization of the muscle membrane disorders muscle wasting and weakness. People with this disorder often have prolonged muscle contractions (myotonia) and are not able to relax certain muscles after use. For example, a person…
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Steinert Disease – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Steinert Disease/Myotonic dystrophy is characterized by progressive multisystem genetic impairment in relaxation of muscles after voluntary contraction due to repetitive depolarization of the muscle membrane disorders muscle wasting and weakness. People with this disorder often have prolonged muscle contractions (myotonia) and are not able to relax certain muscles after use. For example, a person may…
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Myotonia Atrophica – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Myotonia Atrophica/Myotonic dystrophy is characterized by progressive multisystem genetic impairment in relaxation of muscles after voluntary contraction due to repetitive depolarization of the muscle membrane disorders muscle wasting and weakness. People with this disorder often have prolonged muscle contractions (myotonia) and are not able to relax certain muscles after use. For example, a person may…
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Dystrophia Myotonia – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Dystrophia Myotonia/Myotonic dystrophy is characterized by progressive multisystem genetic impairment in relaxation of muscles after voluntary contraction due to repetitive depolarization of the muscle membrane disorders muscle wasting and weakness. People with this disorder often have prolonged muscle contractions (myotonia) and are not able to relax certain muscles after use. For example, a person may…
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Curschmann-Batten-Steinert Syndrome
Curschmann-Batten-Steinert syndrome/Myotonic dystrophy is characterized by progressive multisystem genetic impairment in relaxation of muscles after voluntary contraction due to repetitive depolarization of the muscle membrane disorders muscle wasting and weakness. People with this disorder often have prolonged muscle contractions (myotonia) and are not able to relax certain muscles after use. For example, a person may…
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Types of Soft Tissue Tumors – WHO Classification
Types of Soft Tissue Tumors/Soft tissue sarcomas are cancerous (malignant) tumors that originate in the soft tissues of your body. This illustration shows a soft tissue sarcoma of the thigh muscle just above the knee. Soft tissue sarcoma is a rare type of cancer that begins in the tissues that connect, support, and surround other…
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What Is Cerebral Palsy – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
What Is Cerebral Palsy/Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of non-progressive, permanent, development of movement disorders including impaired muscle tone, impaired movement control, and impaired co-ordination movement, posture, musculoskeletal problems, intellectual disability, feeding difficulties, visual abnormalities, hearing abnormalities, and communication difficulties that are attributed to nonprogressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant…