Does muscle wasting die? Is muscle atrophy life threatening?

Muscle wasting generally does not lead directly to death. There are more than 600 muscles (generally referred to as skeletal muscles) throughout the body, and each muscle has its own function. If the muscles are atrophied, they will lead to the loss of corresponding muscle function.

The root causes of muscle atrophy are neurogenic and muscle-derived. **To make a clear diagnosis, target** and symptoms**. The clinical manifestations of muscle atrophy depend on the specific location.

For example, tongue muscle atrophy can cause hoarseness, difficulty swallowing, and choking on water; If the muscles of the limbs are atrophied, the limbs are weak and activities are limited; If respiratory muscles are involved, respiratory function is impaired, inspiratory breathing is restricted, respiratory failure occurs, and a ventilator is necessary.

Mild muscular dystrophy generally does not lead to direct death, and a small number of severe muscle atrophy can cause respiratory muscle weakness and respiratory failure. There are many causes of muscle atrophy, mostly due to trauma or some primary disease, and its **plan also depends on**, in addition to the basic**, nutrition and **exercise are also crucial. Patients with more severe muscular dystrophy will be accompanied by respiratory muscle weakness, resulting in dyspnea and even respiratory failure leading to death, and such severe patients need to be treated in an intensive care unit**.

If muscle atrophy is caused by certain diseases, such as lumbar disc herniation, infection, cervical spondylosis, etc., it is necessary to actively carry out the primary disease**. For muscle atrophy caused by inflammatory diseases, it is necessary to inhibit inflammation on the basis of **, usually pay attention to ensure adequate nutrition, consume more protein-containing foods and actively exercise.

Muscular atrophy is very harmful to patients, affecting the daily life of patients, patients are bedridden for a long time due to muscle atrophy and muscle weakness, and are prone to pneumonia, bedsores, etc. The early stage of muscle atrophy is critical, so be sure to accept it in time. At the same time, we should maintain an optimistic and happy mood, and strong long-term or repeated mental tension, pessimism and other emotional changes can affect the excitability and inhibition of the cerebral cortex, aggravate muscle beats, and develop muscle atrophy.

The phenomenon of muscle atrophy is mainly due to the lack of nutrition of striated muscles, which leads to the lack of various nutrients in the muscles, and then slowly forms a phenomenon of atrophy. In this process, if muscle atrophy is not taken seriously and treated correctly, muscle atrophy will gradually worsen. Aggravated muscle atrophy can cause damage to all aspects of the body, and eventually the patient will die.

If muscle atrophy is taken seriously and the appropriate method is chosen, the aggravation of muscle atrophy can be effectively suppressed, and it is possible that the patient's life will not be affected. Because the survival time of patients with muscle wasting varies from person to person, mainly due to the degree of muscle wasting and the patient's own condition, the survival time varies from person to person. In addition, the degree of aggravation of muscle atrophy, the choice of the best method, and the choice of measures will affect the survival of the patient, and these details will play an important role in the survival time of the patient.

How long can patients with muscle atrophy live needs to be analyzed in conjunction with **, most patients with muscle atrophy will not affect their survival, but some patients with muscle atrophy may die within 1-2 years due to respiratory muscle paralysis or lung infection.

Muscle atrophy is divided into neurogenic muscle atrophy and myogenic muscle atrophy according to **. Neurogenic muscular atrophy is common due to anterior horn injury to the spinal cord, nerve roots, plexus injury, and peripheral neuropathy. For example, the muscle atrophy caused by cervical spondylosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, and sequelae of cerebral infarction is a neurogenic injury that has little impact on survival.

It is important to note that motor neuron disease may affect the respiratory muscles and affect survival. Myogenic muscle atrophy is caused by a disease of the muscles themselves, which is common in muscular dystrophy, such as affecting other systems, and can shorten the survival of some patients.

Therefore, the survival time of patients with muscle wasting cannot be generalized, and it needs to be analyzed specifically to make an accurate judgment. When patients have muscle atrophy, it is recommended to actively go to the hospital to improve the relevant examinations, clarify the specificity, and prevent the occurrence of complications.

For muscle atrophy can return to normal, need to be decided according to the specific cause of muscle atrophy, some muscle atrophy is caused by disuse atrophy, such as stroke and lower limb fracture patients, limbs due to a long lack of exercise and muscle atrophy, can be through appropriate physical exercise or equipment training, gradually increase muscle strength, muscle atrophy symptoms may be recovered to a certain extent. If the limb is paralyzed and lacks training, muscle atrophy will not be recovered, and even shoulder subluxation and foot drop deformity will occur. Patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome mainly suffer from atrophy of distal limb muscles, and with the improvement of the primary condition, the recovery of limb muscle strength, and the combination of ** training, muscle atrophy may also return to normal.

There are some special reasons for muscle atrophy, such as some nerve damage caused by muscle atrophy, such as nerve crushing, severance and nerve entrapment caused by muscle dystrophy in the innervated area, it is necessary to actively relieve the nerve compression, and at the same time give some drugs to nourish the nerve, which may restore part of the function of the atrophied muscle, but the recovery of muscle atrophy is not very good. If it is caused by certain neuromuscular diseases, such as motor neuron disease, the most common is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, polymyositis, progressive muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, and myasthenic syndrome, muscle atrophy does not recover and will gradually worsen.

Muscle atrophy is an early entry into aging.