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What are some diseases or disorders of the muscular system?
6.6: Disorders of the Muscular System
- Pain in the Neck.
- Musculoskeletal Disorders. Muscle Strain. Tendinitis. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
- Neuromuscular Disorders. Muscular Dystrophy. Myasthenia Gravis. Parkinson’s Disease. Feature: Human Biology in the News.
What are some common muscular and skeletal system diseases?
What are musculoskeletal disorders?
- tendinitis.
- carpal tunnel syndrome.
- osteoarthritis.
- rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
- fibromyalgia.
- bone fractures.
What are muscle diseases?
Muscle disorders can cause weakness, pain or even paralysis. Causes of muscle disorders include: Injury or overuse, such as sprains or strains, cramps or tendinitis. A genetic disorder, such as muscular dystrophy. Some cancers.
What disease attacks the muscles?
Myositis (my-o-SY-tis) is a rare type of autoimmune disease that inflames and weakens muscle fibers. Autoimmune diseases occur when the body’s own immune system attacks itself. In the case of myositis, the immune system attacks healthy muscle tissue, which results in inflammation, swelling, pain, and eventual weakness.
What are the most common muscle disorders?
Some common muscle disorders include sprains, strains, TMJ, fibromyalgia, and tendinitis. A sprain is caused by the stretching or tearing of a ligament, the tissues that hold bones together at joints.
What is the most common muscle disease?
One of the most common among types of muscle diseases is muscular dystrophy. This disease is related to the weakness in the muscular-skeletal system.
What are the disorders of the muscular system?
Muscular system diseases are often very painful and result in physical impairments, such as an inability to walk. Diseases that impact the muscular system include muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, ALS, and cerebral palsy.
What are the different types of muscle disease?
The common types of muscle disease are the neuromuscular disorders such as multiple sclerosis and myasthenia gravis, and the conditions that develop within skeletal muscle itself, called myopathies . Neuromuscular diseases afflict the communication between muscles and the nerves that control their movement, and are often progressive and fatal.