This case highlights the importance of investigating muscle weakness in severely ill hospitalized patients. This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access. Abbreviations AIH: Autoimmune hepatitis MG: Myasthenia gravis Anti-AchR: Anti-acetylcholine receptor EMG...
the severity of the patient’s muscle weakness and some other factors. In general, treatment for muscle weakness involves a multifaceted protocol in order to address cause, aid to build up strength as well as reduce the risk of the increased complications, ...
Objective: Muscle inflammation is a feature in myositis and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Autoimmune mechanisms are thought to contribute to myositis muscle weakness. However, the lack of correlation between inflammatory infiltrates and muscle weakness indicates a role for non-immune pathological ...
LEMS is more prevalent in men than in women. It usually presents with muscle weakness, and in 60% of cases, there is an underlying malignancy. It can also be associated with autoimmune disorders.[1,2] In LEMS, antibodies attack the presynaptic membrane, decreasing acetylcholine release from th...
A previously unknown autoimmune muscle disease involving sudden onset of debilitating muscle pain and weakness has been identified by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The syndrome easily could be mistaken for other muscle diseases that require different treatment, so...
Background In patients with heart failure from acquired cardiomyopathy, respiratory and skeletal muscle weakness is common and is an independent predictor for adverse events. Despite a different underlying pathology, many young adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) develop a syndrome comparable to ...
and others. In total, 46,596 (18.9%) of all participants had muscle weakness (dynapenia) based on hand grip strength (EWGSOP definition: grip strength <30 kg Male; <20 kg Female). Individual study characteristics are described in the Supplementary Information and in Supplementary Table1. ...
However, muscle twitching may also be associated with neurologic disorders such as muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and myopathy (a primary muscle illness). With these diseases, associated symptoms include weakness, muscle wasting with loss of muscle size, and change in sensation. Smo...
Muscle weakness in a girl with autoimmune hepatitis and Graves' disease Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic hepatic autoimmune disease of unknown etiology associated with inflammatory changes and autoantibodies. The combina... A Sarkhy,R Persad,M Tarnopolsky - 《European Journal of Pediatrics》...
What are the causes of muscle weakness in children? Many conditions can cause muscle weakness in a child. Muscle weakness causes include: Acute flaccid myelitis or AFM(spinal cord inflammation and infection) Autoimmune diseases, such asandGuillain-Barré syndrome ...