Neuromuscular diseases are a group of diseases that affect the muscles, nerves or neuromuscular junction.
What are Muscle and Nerve Diseases?
Often, muscle weakness, thinning, pain, cramps, twitching; numbness, tingling, pain and burning in the hands and feet; eyelid drooping, double vision, chewing and swallowing difficulties; They occur with symptoms such as difficulty walking and joint disorders. If autonomic nerve fibers are affected, symptoms such as sweating disorders, darkening when standing up, imbalance, dizziness, diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, and impotence can be seen.
They can be hereditary or develop later. They can start suddenly or insidiously and show a fast, slow or fluctuating course.
Some diseases in this group:
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and other motor neuron diseases Cervical and lumbosacral radiculopathies (due to neck and waist hernias; infections; spread of cancers etc.) Brachial and lumbosacral plexopathies (due to injuries; spread of cancers; radiotherapy, etc.) Polyneuropathies (due to diabetes; kidney failure; alcohol; autoimmune diseases, etc.) Polymyositis, dermatomyositis, myotonic dystrophy, myotonia congenita, muscular dystrophies and other muscle diseases, myasstenia and other muscle disorders >
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