Muscle weakness

function, muscle movement, and many other body processes. About 98% of the body’s L-carnitine stores are found in your muscles, along with trace amounts in the liver and blood. Which cases do we need L-carnitine? • Obesity: it acts as a transporter to transfer long chain fatty acids into the cell to be oxidized to produce energy, it is safe in diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and females with polycystic ovarian syndrome, its dose ranges from 500 to 2000 mg/day. • Body building: increases muscle…

Effects Powerful Enough To Deteriorate Muscle And Hope Need an attention-getter. In 1861, Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne wrote De L'électrisation Localisée in which he described the disorder now referred to as DMD. Although later discovered, Edward Meryon described this genetic disease first, but by that time it had the title of “Duchenne” (Abramovitz p. 19-21). Out of nine different types (“Duchenne”), Duchenne MD, the most common of childhood muscular dystrophies (Abramovitz p. 19-21), is…

Muscular dystrophy is a type of hereditary disorder that can cause muscle weakness and can ultimately lead to the decay of skeletal muscles. A diagnosis of this disease can create a reduced quality of life and the inability to perform basic day-to-day function. Since this disease is genetic and is caused by a mutation, it is more likely for an individual to be diagnosed if a previous member of the family has had it before. The most common type of muscular dystrophy is known as Duchenne Muscualr…

Myasthenia gravis is a neurological disorder that affects the immune system and causes chronic muscle weakness in the skeletal muscles of the human body. The name myasthenia gravis means "grave muscle weakness". A strong indication of myasthenia gravis is muscle weakness that heighten during periods of physical activity and decrease after resting periods. Muscles like those that control eye and eyelid movement, facial expression, eating, speaking, breathing and neck and limb movements can all…

advancing in age. The calf muscle consists of nine different muscles; the gastrocnemius, soleus, and plantaris muscles attach onto the heel bone and they all work together to produce the upward and downward motion of the foot (calf raise). The other six muscles cause knee, toe, and foot movements in different directions, however those muscles are not relevant to this particular study. The muscle we focused on was the gastrocnemius muscle during a calf raise. A calf muscle strain is graded…

categories 1) Utilization and 2) Delivery. Utilization is being able to extract and use oxygen. Delivery is about the transportation of oxygen cells either through the CVD or pulmonary system. VO2 is important for exercise and transporting oxygen to the muscles. VO2 max is important to health because it gives information on the function cardiac output of the heart, and the arterial-venous oxygen difference. In addition, it is used in making ATP, which is used for energy. Energy is used for your…

Muscular Dystrophy Do you know what duchenne muscular dystrophy is? It obviously has something to do with your muscles it causes you to have muscle weakness which can lead you to have loss of mobility. This disease is most effective for males. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a mutation, flaw or gene. It interferes with protein production that is needed to maintain and to form a healthy muscle. Duchenne muscular dystrophy symptoms are diagnosed according to where it is found in the body. It is…

Early signs of CMT are commonly noted in children or infants that are clumsier and have difficulties trying to walk because they have trouble lifting up their feet (Charcot-Marie-Tooth (cmt), 2015). This early symptom can be accompanied with weak leg muscles and fatigue. Young children who have difficulties picking up their legs to begin walking may have early signs of foot drop. Foot drop is when individuals have difficulties lifting their feet at the ankle (Charcot-Marie-Tooth (cmt), 2015).…

progress very rapidly” (Cafasso 1). The tingling follows the feeling of being weak and being numb. However, as the tingling, numbness, and weakness get worse the paralysis sets in and beings to takeover. David Kantor, with the credentials of being a medical doctor “muscle weakness or loss of muscle function affects both sides of the body. In most cases, the muscle weakness starts in the legs and spreads to the arms. This is called ascending paralysis”(Kantor 2). Guillian Barre has the potential…

Volkmann’s Contracture Emily Matherne 12/12/15 A Volkmann’s contracture is a deformity of the hand, fingers, and wrist caused by injury to the muscles of the forearm. Another commonly used name is Ischemic Contracture. This deformity happens when there is a lack of blood flow to the forearm, which occurs when there is an increased pressure due to swelling causing a condition called compartment syndrome. Compartment syndrome can cause a Volkmann’s contracture. Injury to the arm, including…