What are the complications of muscle wasting?

Symptoms of muscle wasting.

1. Acute or subacute amyotrophy is generally neurogenic atrophy, and the speed of its occurrence is related to the speed and degree of nerve damage. The more acute and severe the nerve damage and disruption, the faster and more pronounced the amyotrophy will occur. Amyotrophy occurs after paralysis at the time of acute onset, and the clinical manifestations of paralysis are the mainstay, such as polio, peripheral neuritis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, alcoholism, etc.

Neuralgic muscular atrophy is characterized by severe pain near the scapula in the early stages, followed by decreased muscle tone, paralysis, and muscle atrophy near the scapula, and in some muscle groups a single mosaic pattern.

2. Progressive distal limb muscle atrophy is often neurogenic muscle atrophy, mainly distal limbs, the upper limbs are in the interosseous muscles of the hand, and the major and small thenar muscles are obvious, while the lower limbs are more obvious in the tibial anterior muscles. The two sides are basically symmetrical, often preceding paralysis, and are a single symptom. Common diseases include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and progressive spinal muscular atrophy due to motor neuron disease, and weakness and muscle atrophy of the distal upper extremities due to cervical spondylosis.

Gastrocnemius muscular atrophy is characterized by muscle atrophy bounded by 1 or 3 lower thighs of the lower limbs, accompanied by sensory and superficial sensory deficits, and sensory ataxia. In addition, syringomyelia, spinal cord vascular malformations, leprosy, and chronic anterior horn polio can cause progressive muscle atrophy of the distal extremities. Atrophic myotonic and distal progressive muscular dystrophy in myopathy also present with amyotrophy of the distal extremities.

3. Progressive proximal muscular atrophy of the limbs is often myogenic atrophy, which is obvious in the proximal muscles of the limbs and trunk muscles, and often manifests as atrophy and weakness of the scapular girdle muscles and pelvic girdle muscles. For example, if the neck muscles are weak, some people need to use hand support to lift their head. The muscles of the scapula atrophy form the winged scapula.

Atrophy and weakness of the girdle muscles in the pelvis form a specific 'duck gait'. Common diseases are progressive muscular dystrophy, polymyositis, diabetic amyotrophy, and hormonal myopathy, and wohfart-rugelberg-welancter disease, a genetic disorder that occurs in young adults and presents with muscle atrophy of the proximal extremities and girdles, and occasional pseudohypertrophy of the gastrocnemius muscle. Muscle fibrillations are sometimes seen and can be precipitated by neostigmine.

There are no duck steps and winged shoulder blades.

In traditional Chinese medicine, it belongs to the category of impotence.

Common complications of muscle wasting include fractures, aspiration pneumonia, dyspnea, and respiratory failure.

If muscle atrophy manifests as weakness in the limbs, it may also be less powerful during daily activities such as squatting, going up and down stairs, and prone to falls and fractures. Therefore, when the patient walks, he should be accompanied by family members as much as possible, and use a brace to prevent fractures. Daily should be gradual and gradual exercise of the four grinding limb muscles, delay the speed of muscle atrophy, and appropriately improve muscle strength.

However, muscle atrophy occurs when the laryngeal muscles become dysphagia, and aspiration pneumonia is more likely to occur, and in severe cases, asphyxia, dyspnea, and respiratory failure. Patients with respiratory muscle weakness can train their respiratory muscles by blowing up balloons, and eat slowly to avoid inhaling food into the lungs.

The causes of muscle atrophy mainly include neurogenic and myogenic muscles, disuse and other reasons. Common diseases include poliomyelitis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cervical spondylosis or Guillain-Barré syndrome, cerebrovascular disease, progressive muscular dystrophy, myositis, etc. Therefore, in the case of muscle atrophy, the specific cause can only be determined by combining the patient's medical history, electromyography and imaging examination.

After the determination of **, it is necessary to carry out ** in time, and at the same time, it is necessary to actively carry out ** exercise to improve the symptoms of local muscle atrophy.

Most of the cerebellar atrophy is considered to be a degenerative disease, there is no specific method, oral oxiracetam, piracetam, citicoline can improve brain metabolism**, you can apply some drugs to improve blood circulation, such as safflower, notoginseng, etc., may delay the progression of the disease. Patients may also experience cerebellar atrophy when drinking heavily over a long period of time. It is necessary to abstain from alcohol first, and at the same time can give the above drugs**, and if necessary, **** and balance training.

When cerebellar atrophy, patients mainly present with balance dysfunction, dizziness, nausea, and so on.

Myogenic muscular dystrophy.

It is commonly found in muscular dystrophy, dystrophic myotonic disease, periodic paralysis, polymyositis, trauma such as crush syndrome, ischemic myopathy, metabolic myopathy, endocrine myopathy, drug-induced myopathy, neuromuscular transmission disorder myopathy, etc. These are all muscular dystrophys**.

Muscular dystrophy has a great impact on the health of patients, and its emergence has led to many muscular dystrophy patients having difficulty taking care of their daily living ability, which shows that it is very important to do it in a timely manner, and understanding the causes of muscular dystrophy plays a great role in understanding it.

Neurogenic muscular dystrophy.

It is mainly caused by spinal cord and lower motor neuron lesions. It can be seen in vertebral hyperostosis of the vertebrae, intervertebral disc lesions, spinal nerve tumors, arachnoiditis, neuritis, plexopathy, spinal nerve tumors, arachnoiditis, neuritis, plexopathy, nerve injury, syringomyelia, motor neuron disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome, brain lesions, and disuse muscular atrophy due to spinal cord lesions.

Disuse muscular dystrophy.

Upper motor neuron disease is caused by long-term muscle inactivity, systemic wasting diseases such as hyperthyroidism, malignant tumors, and autoimmune diseases.

Amyotrophic muscle weakness, muscular dystrophy, and lateral sclerosis can all lead to muscle wasting. It is recommended to visit the neurology department for relevant examinations to make a clear diagnosis and target the ****.

In muscular dystrophy, patients will have weakness in the limbs and inability to move, and it can also cause muscle atrophy and decreased muscle tone. When the above manifestations are present, it is recommended that patients go to the local hospital immediately for targeted medication and **training**. Don't leave it early**.

Diseases caused by muscle atrophy: myasthenia gravis, progressive muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, progressive spinal muscular atrophy, syringomyelia, polyradiculitis, peripheral neuritis, cold syndrome, rhinitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, tracheitis, etc.