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What are the 3 main diseases that affect the muscles?


Types of neuromuscular disorders include: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Multiple sclerosis.

What disease attacks the muscles?

  • - Inclusion body myositis - Dermatomyositis - Polymyositis (including anti-synthetase antibody syndrome and myositis associated with other connective tissue disorders) - Necrotizing myopathy - Juvenile Myositis

What are diseases that affect the muscular system?

  • Congenital Myopathy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
  • Extra-Abdominal Desmoid Tumors (Aggressive Fibromatoses) (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
  • Familial Periodic Paralyses (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
  • Hypotonia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

What are the three types of muscle disorders?

  • Differentiate between three types of muscle disorders. 1. The muscular dystrophies. 2. Myasthenia gravis. 3. Toxic myopathies.

What are the different types of muscle disease?

  • Type
  • Becker. Symptoms are almost the same as Duchenne,but less severe. ...
  • Congenital. Symptoms include general muscle weakness and possible joint deformities. ...
  • Duchenne. Symptoms include general muscle weakness and wasting. ...
  • Distal. ...
  • Emery-Dreifuss. ...
  • Facioscapulohumeral. ...
  • Limb-Girdle. ...
  • Myotonic. ...
  • Oculopharyngeal. ...