What is myopathy? Myopathy refers to diseases that affect skeletal muscles (muscles that connect to your bones). These diseases attack muscle fibers, making your muscles weak.
What are the symptoms of muscle weakness?
- - sudden onset of muscle weakness - sudden numbness or loss of feeling - sudden difficulty moving your limbs, walking, standing, or sitting upright - sudden difficulty smiling or forming facial expressions - sudden confusion, difficulty speaking, or trouble understanding things - chest muscle weakness resulting in difficulties breathing - loss of consciousness
What are the main causes of muscle weakness?
- Muscle weakness is commonly due to lack of exercise, ageing, muscle injury or pregnancy. It can also occur with long-term conditions such as diabetes or heart disease. There are many other possible causes, which include stroke, multiple sclerosis, depression, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME).
What is the treatment for weak muscle?
- Physical therapy. Physical therapists can suggest exercises to improve your quality of life if you have conditions such as MS or ALS.
- Occupational therapy. Occupational therapists can suggest exercises to strengthen your upper body. ...
- Medication. Thyroid hormone replacement is used to treat hypothyroidism. ...
- Dietary changes. ...
- Surgery. ...
What diseases cause muscle pain and weakness?
- Influenza: The influenza (flu) virus can cause temporary muscle weakness as well as a fever,sore throat,cough,and fatigue.
- Lyme disease: This inflammatory disease follows a bite from an infected tick. ...
- Epstein-Barr virus: The Epstein-Barr virus can result in muscle weakness as well as unexplained fatigue,a skin rash,headaches,and appetite loss.
Overview. Muscular dystrophy is a group of diseases that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass. In muscular dystrophy, abnormal genes (mutations) interfere with the production of proteins needed to form healthy muscle. There are many kinds of muscular dystrophy.