Muscle diseases often occur as muscle weakness, fatigue and muscle pain. Diseases such as myopathies, genetic muscle atrophy and myasthenia gravis can be counted in this group. Myasthenia Gravis is explained in detail under a separate heading.
Muscle diseases can be genetic, congenital or acquired. Some metabolic diseases, such as thyroid disorders, can also affect muscle fibers, causing muscles to become diseased. Autoimmune systems (immune system) can target muscles and cause disease. In the diagnosis of all muscle diseases, the patient's history, examination and basic examinations (blood tests, electromyography, MRI, CT) are mostly diagnostic. However, most of the time it is necessary to benefit from advanced examinations (muscle-nerve biopsy, cerebrospinal fluid examinations and genetic examinations) to make or support the diagnosis. In treatment planning, support is usually required from chest diseases for respiratory safety, physical therapy and rehabilitation to increase existing muscle capacity, and cardiology and psychiatry departments against the possibility of heart muscle involvement since it has striated muscle.
The most important way to diagnose muscle diseases. The indicative examination is EMG. EMG is essential to exclude nerve disease and to differentiate and diagnose the type of muscle disease. It is also important to have the CK (creatine kinase) enzyme checked in blood tests before EMG is performed, because this enzyme may increase after the EMG examination, unrelated to the disease.
Unfortunately, there is no treatment option for genetic muscle diseases, these patients can only receive supportive treatments and lifespan. It is recommended to use additional devices that will increase the quality. Treatment possibilities are possible in metabolic muscle diseases, muscle diseases caused by other diseases and autoimmune muscle diseases.
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