Metabolic diseases of muscle – how can you tell if they affect you?

Posted onAuthorDebby Rodgers

Metabolic diseases of the muscles are metabolic myopathies that act as abnormalities of the muscles and have as the result skeletal muscle dysfunctions. These health issues were discovered quite late, in the 20th century. There are multiple metabolic myopathies people are dealing with, and every one of them seems to be caused by a different genetic defect. In order for a person to move, they need to have functional muscles. But muscles can function properly only if they take the needed amount of energy from the body. Continue Reading

What is the treatment for the muscular dystrophy?

Posted onAuthorTianna Ilbert

Muscular dystrophy is not one, but multiple health issues that lead to loss of muscle mass and muscle weakness. The persons who suffer from this condition experience mutations that prevent the production of proteins. In order your muscles to properly function, they need proteins. There are multiple types of muscular dystrophy, and their signs and symptoms differ from a case to another. Therefore it is quite difficult people to be diagnosed with this health issue. In order to diagnose this issue, there have to be made multiple tests and physical exams. Also, the specialist will analyze the medical history of the family and will recommend a muscle biopsy. The process of diagnosing implies nerve conduction tests, genetic testing, muscle biopsy and blood enzyme tests. The role of the tests is not only to diagnose the patient but also to show what muscle proteins are abnormal or missing. Continue Reading

Neuromuscular diseases – types, symptoms and management strategies

Posted onAuthorBrandi Dean

Neuromuscular disorders are those types of disorders that affect the neurons involved in the voluntary movement of the muscles. This type of diseases appears when the neurons with functions in movement become damaged or die. Subsequently, the muscles will become weaker and less capable to sustain a normal movement. Below are some of the most popular neuromuscular diseases, their symptoms, and some management strategies. Continue Reading

An overview of different types of ataxias

Posted onAuthorBrandi Dean

Ataxia is an affection that causes the lack of coordination in a patient. People who suffer from any type of ataxia are not able to control their muscles, they encounter issues with stability and they even face problems when they have to walk. Ataxia can affect the whole body or only parts of it such as the fingers, hands, arms, or feet. Sometimes, ataxia can affect the movement of the eyes or even the patient’s speech. Usually, ataxia is a symptom of diseases or degenerative changes in the central nervous system, but it can become a disease on its own. There are two types of ataxia that are considered diseases: hereditary and sporadic. When no other cases of ataxia are present in a family’s medical history, but a member suffers from ataxia, the disease is called sporadic; otherwise, it is hereditary. Sporadic ataxia occurs only in adulthood, while hereditary ataxia can appear early in childhood. Continue Reading

Muscular dystrophies – definition, types, causes and symptoms

Posted onAuthorKipling Parish

Muscular dystrophy means a group of progressive muscular diseases without a pathology. These sorts of diseases affect the muscles and eventually produce permanent degeneration of the muscle fibers. Several studies in molecular biology have shown that the main cause of the apparition of muscular dystrophies has to do with genetic defects. These defects sit behind muscle weakness and pseudohypertrophy. Sometimes, mental affections can occur as a side effect of muscular dystrophies because the protein that’s affected genetically it’s also found in the brain. Continue Reading