Saturday, November 13, 2010

Common Disorders of the Muscular System

Diseases and other abormal conditions of our muscles are divided into neural and skeletal disorders. They are known also to cause paralysis like the ones in the skeletal system because they eat the bone cells which are very significant in the development of our bones gradually affecting our muscles that affects our movement. Here are some of the disorders :

A.Muscoskeletal
*Shin Splits - inflammation of the lower legs
*Tendinitis - inflammation of the tendons (all parts)
*Myalgia - pain of a muscle
*Fibromyalgia - occurs mostly at women under 40 years old
*Ataia - irregular action of muscles
*Spasm - abnormal contraction of muscles
*Sprains - breaks in ligaments
*Strains - breaks in tendons
B.Neuromuscular
*Myasthenia gravis - increasing muscle weakness
*Muscular Dystrophy - muscle weakness by inheritance
*Guillain Barre Syndrome - loss of reflexes
*Tetanus - major spasm
*Paralysis - lost functions of muscular movement
*Paraplegia - paralysis on lower parts of the body
*Quadplegia - paralysis on both arms and legs
*Hemiplegia - paralysis only on side of a body

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