What are the harmful manifestations of calf muscle atrophy?

Calf muscle atrophy can be caused by factors such as malnutrition, tibial and fibular fractures, polio, etc.

1.Malnutrition. If you are malnourished for a long time, extreme protein deficiency will not only lead to weight loss, but also high risk of calf muscle atrophy.

2.Tibia and fibula fractures. If the tibia and fibula of the lower leg are fractured, and the patient needs to stay in bed for a long time after menstruation, the muscles of the lower leg will have disuse atrophy. In addition, if the tibial nerve and common peroneal nerve are injured, neurodystrophy may also occur, resulting in atrophy of the calf muscles.

3.Poliomyelitis. Polio is an acute infectious disease caused by the poliovirus, which seriously endangers the health of children. When the poliovirus invades the motor nerve center, affecting the nerves and blood vessels innervating the muscles of the limbs, deformity and atrophy of the limbs, including the calf muscles, will occur.

The reason for calf muscle atrophy, the first can be due to the injury caused by trauma, which directly causes the calf muscle to tear and fracture after poor recovery, muscle atrophy, the second is injury, which can damage the blood vessels later, and the nerve damage blood vessels can cause local poor blood supply and thrombosis, which will cause indirect muscle atrophy and damage to the nerves, which will directly cause the junction of muscles and nerves in the future. Affected, thus causing muscle atrophy. At the same time, there are other reasons, such as local infection, accumulation of inflammatory substances, and the formation of pus, which will affect the muscles, resulting in muscle atrophy, and also because of the herniated disc compressing the nerve roots, causing nerve degeneration, resulting in calf muscle atrophy.

At the same time, some local phlebitis or other metabolic diseases can also cause calf muscle atrophy, which needs to be checked clearly and symptomatic.

1.Neurogenic amyotrophy.

Common causes are disuse, nutritional disorders, ischemia, and poisoning. Anterior horn lesions, nerve roots, plexus, peripheral nerve lesions, etc. can cause conduction disorders of nerve excitatory impulses, so that some muscle fibers are disused, resulting in disuse amyotrophy. On the other hand, after any part of the motor neuron is damaged, the release of acetylcholine from its terminal part decreases, and the sympathetic nerve nutrition is weakened, resulting in muscle atrophy.

2.Myogenic amyotrophy.

Spinal muscular muscular atrophy is confirmed by morphological examination in patients with muscular dystrophy caused by muscle disease and possibly other factors, such as shoulder girdle or facescapulohumeral pattern. Examination of animals with muscular dystrophy using microelectrode techniques shows that functional denervation of myofibers accounts for about 1 3.

There are two main groups of factors that can cause "amyotrophy": nerve damage is called neurogenic amyotrophy; The disease of the muscles themselves is called myogenic amyotrophy.

Introduction: Muscle atrophy is seen in various parts of the body, and calf muscle atrophy is a common one. So, what are the causes of calf muscle atrophy? What should I do? Next, I will tell you about it.

There are many causes of lower extremity muscle atrophy, and lower limb muscle atrophy may be related to prolonged bed rest. If you suffer from cerebral thrombosis or cerebral hemorrhage and other diseases, you will be left with serious sequelae after receiving **, or after spine and lumbar spine diseases, the lower limbs will be paralyzed and you will be bedridden for a long time. During the period of bed rest, if the muscles cannot move normally, do not receive massage every day, do not receive limb function training and acupuncture, etc.**, it may lead to rhabdomyodystrophy and thinning of muscle fibers, and muscle atrophy of the lower limbs is due to nerve damage, long-term inability to repair, nutritional disorders, ischemia and other reasons.

Muscle atrophy in the legs can cause peripheral nerve disorders such as metabolic diseases, peripheral nerve tumors, and peripheral nerve disorders of malignant diseases.

1. Choose the way of exercise with a purpose. There are many training methods for patients with calf muscle atrophy, but in order to achieve the goal of muscle gain as soon as possible, a common principle must be followed. During training, patients with calf muscle atrophy gradually increase the amount of exercise without increasing the number of exercises and exercise time, so that the muscles are quickly fatigued, so as to achieve the purpose of muscle exercise.

Each training session should be able to perform 10 reps in a row, and more than 10 reps will require increasing the weight of the equipment; Or each exercise lasts 6 to 10 seconds each time, and the person who exceeds it also needs to increase the weight of the equipment. 2. Master the rhythm of exercise. The training of patients with calf muscle atrophy has certain requirements for time intervals.

Only when the muscles have enough rest time can they fully eliminate fatigue, and the nutrients consumed are also fully compensated, and the muscles will become hypertrophied by overcompensating. Conversely, if you train too often, your muscles won't be able to rest enough and your muscles won't be strengthened. Therefore, the exercise of patients with calf muscle atrophy should pay attention to rhythm, and more is not better.

It is recommended not to eat spicy food, quit smoking and drinking, eat high-protein, high-nutrition, energy-rich food, and eat less or more to maintain the balance of nutrition and water and electrolytes of patients. Avoid excessive exercise to prevent skeletal muscle fatigue, which is not conducive to the recovery of skeletal muscle function.

There are many causes of calf muscle atrophy, such as disuse atrophy and denervation due to neurological dysfunction. First of all, it is necessary to be active to identify the cause, if it is atrophy caused by neuropathic causes, it is necessary to actively perform nerve exploration, and if there is an indication for surgery, it is necessary to actively perform surgery**. If it is due to disuse muscle atrophy, it is necessary to properly carry out the most functional exercises of the limb muscles.

Muscle atrophy can be caused by prolonged inactivity in the legs, such as joint pain in the legs, inability to walk, or leg injuries. For example, friends who have been on bed rest for a long time because of illness, even in the process of resting, need to massage their legs regularly or exercise appropriately.

If the wound causes bacterial infection, you should go to the hospital immediately to disinfect and reduce inflammation. If you are bedridden for a long time due to illness, you should go to the hospital for ** exercise. Genetic defects, you should insist on massaging the leg muscles every day.

I have been infected by bacteria, often do not exercise, the nutrition in the later stage is not enough, there are problems with metabolism, there are problems with the liver, we must strengthen exercise, find the root of the problem, and go to the doctor in time.

Patients with atrophy of the thigh muscles may present with the following symptoms:

First, it may manifest as the slenderness of the lower limbs, and once the muscles of the thighs atrophy, the circumference of the thighs will become very thin. If this occurs on one side of the thigh, the thickness of the lower limbs on both sides will also be present. Clause.

Second, it may lead to a significant weakening of the muscle strength of the lower limbs, if the patient has serious atrophy of the thigh muscles, in the process of walking, the patient will often have the phenomenon of playing soft legs, that is, while walking, suddenly feel that the knee joint is very weak and want to kneel. In addition, patients may also feel very tired during the process of climbing stairs. Clause.

3. It may lead to a great decrease in the patient's exercise ability, and the muscle atrophy in this part of the thigh will lead to fatigue in the patient's standing, walking, running and jumping, which will then lead to a great decrease in the patient's exercise ability. At this time, it will be more noticeable if the patient is engaged in physical exercise. Clause.

Fourth, there may be easy fatigue, if there is thigh muscle atrophy, it will cause patients to be more likely to feel fatigue when doing some normal activities, such as walking slowly on flat roads and climbing stairs.

For the muscle atrophy of the lower leg, one is seen in the long-term inactivity after trauma, which leads to the disuse atrophy of the muscles in the calf area, which is more common in the fracture of the lower limbs, or patients with obvious damage to ligaments and muscles, which will lead to a long time in bed and muscle disuse atrophy. The second is the compression of the nerve innervated by the muscles in the calf, especially the lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis, lumbar spondylolisthesis, sciatic nerve or tibial nerve in the popliteal fossa, or the compression injury of the common peroneal nerve, which will lead to the denervation of the muscles in the calf area, which will cause muscle atrophy.

1.Disuseable degeneration.

When a person is bedridden for a long time due to various factors, the muscles of the body can not be activated, which will lead to the appearance of muscle atrophy.

2.Nerve damage.

There are many factors that can lead to nerve damage in the thigh, and the nerve has a role in innervation and nutrition for the muscles, and it is common for the muscles in the innervated area to become soft, weak, and lose dimension when the nerve is damaged. Here are a few examples:

Anterolateral femoral cutaneous nerve entrapment.

This results in muscle atrophy in the quadriceps area of the anterior thighs.

L4-5 Lumbar disc herniation, gluteus medius syndrome.

This can cause muscle pain or atrophy on the outside of the buttocks, and the outside of the legs is less noticeable.

L5-S1 intervertebral disc herniation, piriformis syndrome.

Muscular atrophy is a chronic disease that can occur in any part of the body, among which the incidence of leg muscle atrophy is relatively high, and the factors of neurogenic leg muscle atrophy are nutritional disorders, disuse, poisoning and ischemia. Lesions of nerve plexus, anterior horn lesions, nerve roots, peripheral nerves, etc., can cause conduction disorders of nerve excitatory impulses, and then some muscle fibers will be disused, resulting in disuse amyotrophy.

It is caused by a decrease in blood in the thigh** of patients with necrosis of the femoral head. Although the causes of necrosis of the femoral head vary, the pathogenesis is caused by impaired blood circulation around the femoral head. Blood circulation disorders will not only cause necrosis of the femoral head, but also cause insufficient blood from the femoral artery to a wide range of tissues of the lower limbs, and the muscles of the lower limbs will be malnourished for a long time when the blood of the lower limbs is reduced, which will cause the muscles of the lower limbs to atrophy.

Due to the pain of the affected limb and thigh, the muscles are not often walked and weight-bearing, the muscles are not effectively exercised for a long time, the muscles no longer develop, and the muscles gradually atrophy and become smaller, resulting in apraxia muscle atrophy.

One is that because of ordinary exercise, or little exercise, the muscles rarely contract and degenerate early.

Trauma is more common, and trauma hurts nerves.