Muscle atrophy
Muscle atrophy: Introduction
Muscle atrophy: Decrease in size and bulk of muscle.
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Causes of Muscle atrophy:
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Diagnostic tests for Muscle atrophy:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Muscle atrophy. Some of these are listed below :
- Physical examination
- Measure body mass index (BMI) - i.e. weight in kg/(height in metres) squared. Anorexia nervosa is less than 17.5 and may feature muscle wasting.
- Shake hands with person. If the person is unable to relax their handgrip this suggests myotonia (an inability to relax muscles after voluntary contraction). The commonest cause of this is the muscle disease dystrophia myotonica
- General inspection of the entire body musculature with the person undressed. Compare one side with the other for wasting and try to work out which muscle groups are involved (proximal, distal or generalized, symmetrical or asymmetrical)
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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
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your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information
you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- How long have you had the muscle atrophy (wasting away of the muscle)? - to determine if acute or chronic.
- Is the muscle wasting localized to a certain area (focal) or generalized (diffuse)? - Focal muscular atrophy would suggest poliomyelitis, early spinal muscular atrophy, peripheral vascular disease, sympathetic dystrophy, early spinal cord tumor, herniated disc, peroneal muscular atrophy, entrapment syndrome of one of the peripheral nerves, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis or syringomyelia.
- Has there been a significant period of inactivity, immobilization or bed rest? - may be an explanation for the muscle wasting.
- History of trauma or injury to involved area? - muscle or nerve injury may cause muscle wasting.
- Recent viral infection? - may suggest Guillain- Barre syndrome.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
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The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Muscle atrophy) may include:
- Parasthesia (numbness)? -may suggest peripheral neuropathy, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Friedrich's ataxia, multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, a herniated disc, spinal cord tumor, peroneal atrophy and syringomyelia
- Symptoms of dystrophia myotonica? - e.g. wasting and weakness of the thigh and upper arm muscles, enlargement of male breasts, frontal baldness, shrinkage of the testicles, deterioration in vision.
- Symptoms of anorexia nervosa? - e.g. refusal to maintain normal body weight, loss of more than 25% of original body weight, intense fear of becoming fat, preoccupation with calorie counting, avoidance of all carbohydrate, fainting.
- Symptoms of hyperthyroidism? - e.g. palpitations, increased heart rate, preference for cooler weather, increased appetite, weight loss, increased sweating, tremor, nervousness, irritability, diarrhea, lack of menstrual periods, frequent urination.
- Symptoms of Myasthenia gravis? - e.g. easy muscle fatigability especially eyelids, neck, shoulders, lower legs and trunk, droopy eyelids, double vision, weak voice.
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Causes of Muscle atrophy listed in Disease Database:
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Medications or substances causing Muscle atrophy:
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Definitions of Muscle atrophy:
Derangement in size and number of muscle fibers occurring with aging, reduction in blood supply, or following immobilization, prolonged weightlessness, malnutrition, and particularly in denervation.
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Organs affected by Muscle atrophy:
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Detailed list of causes of Muscle atrophy
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How Common are these Causes of Muscle atrophy?
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causes of Muscle atrophy that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 7
causes are "very common" diseases
- 2
causes are "common" diseases
- 5
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 3
causes are "rare" diseases
- 16
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 287
causes have no prevalence information.
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Conditions listing symptoms: Muscle atrophy:
The following list of conditions
have 'Muscle atrophy' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
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A
Acanthocytosis
... muscle wastingAcyl-CoA dehydrogenase, short chain, deficiency of
... muscle wastingAddison's Disease
... wastingAdult progressive spinal muscular atrophy, Aran Duchenne type
... muscle wastingAdult SMA
... limb muscle atrophy, muscle wastingAIDS wasting syndrome
... muscle wastingAlcohol-induced pseudo-Cushing syndrome
... muscle wastingAlcoholic Neuropathy
... muscle wastingAllan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome
... muscle wastingAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis
... progressive muscle wastingAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis 3
... progressive muscle wastingAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4, juvenile
... progressive muscle wastingAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis 5
... progressive muscle wastingAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis 6
... progressive muscle wastingAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis 7
... progressive muscle wastingAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis 8
... progressive muscle wastingAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 9
... wasting of muscle tissueAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 1
... wasting of muscle tissueAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 2
... wasting of muscle tissueAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 3
... wasting of muscle tissueAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 4
... wasting of muscle tissueAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 5
... wasting of muscle tissueAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 6
... wasting of muscle tissueAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 7
... wasting of muscle tissueAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 8
... wasting of muscle tissueAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis, type 6
... progressive muscle wastingAndersen disease
... muscular atrophyAndrade's syndrome
... muscle wastingAnkylosis - facial anomalies - pulmonary hypoplasia syndrome
... muscle wastingAnorexia Nervosa
... muscle mass lossArachnoiditis
... muscle wastingArthrogryposis, congenital - myopathic seizures
... muscle wastingAtaxia, Hereditary, Autosomal Dominant
... muscle wastingB
Back tumour
... muscle wastingBalo's concentric sclerosis
... muscle wastingBanti's syndrome
... muscle wastingBard-Pic syndrome
... muscle wastingBethlem myopathy
... muscle wastingBovine spongiform encephalopathy
... Muscle wastingBruyn-Scheltens syndrome
... muscle wastingC
Camurati-Engelmann Disease
... muscle atrophyCerebellar ataxia, X-linked
... muscle wastingCeroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 3, Juvenile
... muscle wastingCharcot-Marie-Tooth disease, type 2
... muscle wastingCharcot-Marie-Tooth type 1 aplasia cutis congenital
... progressive muscle wastingChemical poisoning - Hexane
... muscle wastingChondroblastoma (benign)
... muscle wastingChronic Kidney Disease
... muscle loss/wastingCoenzyme Q 10 (CoQ10), deficiency
... muscle wastingComplex 1 mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency
... muscle wastingCongenital benign spinal muscular atrophy dominant
... muscle wastingCongenital Muscular Dystrophy
... muscle wastingCongenital muscular dystrophy syringomyelia
... muscle wastingCutler Syndrome
... progressive muscle wastingCytoplasmic body myopathy
... muscle wastingD
Deafness, vitiligo, achalasia
... muscle wastingDegenerative motor system disease
... muscle wastingDermatomyositis
... muscle atrophy, muscle atrophy of extremitiesDesmin-related myopathy with Mallory body-like inclusions
... muscle wastingDistal myopathy, Welander type
... muscle wastingDuchenne Muscular Dystrophy
... progressive muscle wastingDyskeratosis congenita of Zinsser-Cole-Engman
... atrophy, testicular atrophyDystrophia myotonica 1
... muscle atrophy, testicular atrophyE
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, X-linked
... progressive muscle wastingErb's dystrophy
... progressive muscle wastingErb-Goldflam
... muscle wastingF
FACWA syndrome
... muscle wastingFoix-Alajouanine syndrome
... muscle wastingFOSMN syndrome
... muscle wastingFriedreich ataxia - congenital glaucoma
... muscle wastingFukuyama type muscular dystrophy
... muscle wastingFurukawa-Takagi-Nakao syndrome
... muscle wastingG
Gamstorp-Wohlfart syndrome
... muscle wastingGangliosidosis, generalized GM1 type 3
... muscle wastingGeneralized Myasthenia Gravis
... muscle wastingH
Hepatoma
... muscle wastingHereditary inclusion body myopathy - joint contractures - ophthalmoplegia
... muscle wastingHereditary peripheral nervous disorder
... muscle wastingHip cancer
... muscle wastingHypertrophic neuropathy of Dejerine-Sottas
... muscle wastingI
Idiopathic myopathy
... muscle wastingInclusion body myopathy 3, autosomal dominant
... muscle wastingInclusion body myopathy, 2 autosomal recessive
... leg muscle wastingInclusion Body Myositis
... muscle atrophyIncontinentia Pigmenti
... one-sided body atrophyIntercostal neuralgia
... muscle atrophyIntestinal capillariasis
... muscle wastingJ
Jequier-Kozlowski-skeletal dysplasia
... muscle wastingJuvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
... muscle wastageK
Kuskokwim disease
... muscle wastingL
Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
... muscle wastingLandouzy-Dejerine muscular dystrophy
... muscle wastingLegg-Calve-Perthes disease
... thigh muscle atrophyLeiner Disease
... wastingLeprosy
... muscular atrophyLetterer-Siwe disease
... wastingLevine-Critchley syndrome
... muscle wastingLightwood-Albright syndrome
... wastingLimb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 1C
... muscle wastingLipidosis with triglyceride storage disease
... muscle wastingLupine poisoning
... muscle wastingM
MADSAM
... muscle wastingMarasmus
... Muscle wastingMarinesco-Sjogren syndrome
... muscle wastingMc Leod neuroacanthocytosis syndrome
... muscle wastingMental retardation, X-linked, Cabezas type
... muscle wastingMental retardation, X-linked, Zorick type
... muscle wastingMetachromatic Leukodystrophy
... muscle wastingMinicore disease
... muscle wastingMinicore myopathy with external ophthalmoplegia
... muscle wastingMinicore myopathy, antenatal onset, with arthrogryposis
... muscle wastingMinicore myopathy, moderate, with hand involvement
... muscle wastingMitochondrial encephalomyopathy - aminoacidopathy
... muscle wastingMitochondrial myopathy - lactic acidosis
... muscle wastingMitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome
... muscle wastingMiyoshi myopathy
... leg muscle wastingMorse-Rawnsley-Sargent syndrome
... muscle wastingMotor neuropathy
... muscle wastingMotor neuropathy, peripheral with dysautonomia
... progressive muscle wastingMulticentric osteolysis - nodulosis - arthropathy
... muscle wastingMultifocal motor neuropathy
... muscle atrophyMultifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block
... muscle wastingMultiminicore disease (MmD)
... muscle wastingMultiple system atrophy
... muscle wastingMultiple system atrophy (MSA) with orthostatic hypotension
... muscle wastingMuscular dystrophy - congenital infantile cataract - hypogonadism
... muscle wastingMuscular Dystrophy - Late Onset
... progressive muscle wastingMuscular dystrophy - white matter spongiosis
... muscle wastingMuscular dystrophy congenital, with integrin deficiency
... muscle wastingMuscular dystrophy limb girdle type 2A, Erb type
... progressive muscle wastingMuscular dystrophy, congenital, infantile with cataract - hypogonadism
... muscle wastingMuscular dystrophy, Duchenne and Becker type
... atrophy of arm muscle, atrophy of thigh musclesMuscular dystrophy, limb-girdle - mental retardation
... progressive muscle wastingMuscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal dominant
... muscle wastingMuscular fibrosis, multifocal - obstructed vessels
... muscle wastingMyasthenia, Familial Infantile, 1
... muscle wastingMyasthenia, familial limb-girdle
... muscle wastingMyasthenia, Limb-Girdle, with Tubular Aggregates
... muscle wastingMyasthenic syndrome, congenital, slow-channel
... muscle wastingMyopathy and diabetes mellitus
... muscle wastingMyopathy with lactic acidosis and sideroblastic anemia
... muscle wastingMyopathy, hyaline body, autosomal dominant
... muscle wastingMyopathy, Myosin storage
... muscle wastingMyotonic Dystrophy
... progressive muscle wastingMyotonic dystrophy, type 2
... progressive muscle wastingN
NADH CoQ reductase, deficiency of
... muscle wastingNemalin myopathy, late onset type
... muscle wastingNemaline myopathy 5
... progressive muscle wastingNephrotic syndrome
... wasting musclesNerve compression
... muscle wastingNerve entrapment
... muscle wastingNeu-Laxova Syndrome
... muscular atrophyNeuropathy
... Muscle loss, Muscle atrophyNeuropathy, hereditary motor and sensory, LOM type
... muscle wastingNeuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type II
... muscle wastingNeurosyphilis
... muscle wastingNodulosis-arthropathy-osteolysis syndrome
... muscle wastingO
Obal syndrome
... muscle wastingOlivopontocerebellar atrophy I
... muscle wastingOsteogenesis imperfecta
... low muscle massP
Palmoplantar keratoderma - amyotrophy
... muscle wastingPantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration
... muscle wastingParsonage Turner syndrome
... muscle wastingPassos-Bueno syndrome
... muscle wastingPeripheral neuropathy
... muscle lossPolyradiculoneuropathy
... muscle wastingPontocerebellar hypoplasia with infantile spinal muscular atrophy
... muscle wastingPost-polio syndrome
... muscular atrophyPosterior column ataxia with retinitis pigmentosa
... muscle wastingPrimary biliary cirrhosis
... muscle wastingPrimary Lateral Sclerosis
... progressive muscle wastingProgressive spinal muscular atrophy
... progressive muscle wastingProximal spinal muscular atrophy
... progressive muscle wastingProximal spinal muscular atrophy, type 1
... muscle wastingR
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome
... muscle wastingRib Tumor
... muscle wastingRichards-Rundle syndrome
... muscle wastingRud Syndrome
... muscular atrophyS
Salvioli syndrome
... muscle wastingSandhoff Disease
... muscle wastingSchwartz-Jampel Syndrome
... progressive muscle wastingScleroatonic muscular dystrophy
... muscle wastingShort Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (SCAD)
... muscle wastingSingleton-Merten Syndrome
... progressive muscle wastingSmall syndrome
... muscle wastingSpinal bulbar motor neuropathy
... muscle wastingSpinal Muscular Atrophy
... muscle atrophy, atrophic muscle changesSpinocerebellar ataxia - amyotrophy - deafness
... muscle wastingSpinocerebellar ataxia 3
... muscle wastingStorm syndrome
... muscle wastingT
Tay Sachs
... Muscle atrophyThoracic outlet syndrome TOS
... muscle atrophyThyrocerebral-retinal syndrome
... muscle wastingTropical sprue
... wastingU
Ulerythema ophryogenesis
... AtrophyV
Vacuolar myopathy
... muscle wastingW
Wasting Syndrome
... muscle wastingWelander distal myopathy, Swedish type
... WastingWieacker syndrome
... Muscle atrophyWilson's Disease
... muscle wastingWohlwill-Andrade syndrome
... Muscle wastingX
X-linked mental retardation - hypotonia
... muscle wasting
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R
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome
... muscle atrophy
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What are the alternative names for Muscle atrophy:
Amyotrophy
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Subtypes of Muscle atrophy:
Testicular atrophy (2 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Muscle atrophy:
Muscle symptoms (4254 causes), Thinness (465 causes), Weight loss (1848 causes), Common symptoms (7717 causes), Body symptoms (2668 causes), Weight symptoms (1751 causes)
Symptoms related to Muscle atrophy:
Muscle weakness (3746 causes), Paralysis (335 causes), Diabetes (183 causes), Rheumatoid arthritis (12 causes), Motor neurone diseases, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Chronic infection, Tuberculosis, Muscle disuse, Joint disuse, Arthritis (61 causes), Joint injuries, Joint inflammation
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