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Muscle weakness

muscle weakness

A vague complaint of debility, fatigue, or exhaustion attributable to weakness of various muscles. The weakness can be characterised as subacute or chronic, often progressive, and is a manifestation of many muscle and neuromuscular diseases.


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Sugar Allergy

... serve nothing but making you feel good that you have found some sort of weakness in me. You haven't, I am busier than I can actually handle anymore. ... The mechanism of action of peppermint oil on gastro-intestinal smooth muscle. An analysis using patch clamp electrophysiology and isolated tissue ...

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by DrDahlman
Sat Jan 12, 2008 4:20 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Sugar Allergy
Replies: 71
Views: 68395

I need an answer please

... affect another things away from rapid spontaneous contraction of the muscle fibers the treatment for myasthesia gravis is to give an cholinesterase ... more acetylcholine in neuromuscular junctions and it removes the muscle weakness associated with myasthesia gravis... and what you are talking ...

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by Revenged
Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:47 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: I need an answer please
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Views: 2600

i need your help plize

... Some medications improve neuromuscular transmission and increase muscle strength, and some suppress the production of abnormal antibodies. ... case of myasthenia gravis may go into remission temporarily, and muscle weakness may disappear so that medications can be discontinued. In a few ...

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by twinkle
Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:33 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: i need your help plize
Replies: 3
Views: 651

myasthenia gravis

... occur in more than one member of the same family. The voluntary muscles of the entire body are controlled by nerve impulses that arise in ... the receptor sites more rapidly than the body can replace them. Muscle weakness occurs when acetylcholine cannot activate enough receptor sites ...

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by teenager witch
Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:01 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: myasthenia gravis
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Views: 444

The Fiber Disease

... often exacerbates symptoms [277.1-51] __ Mood changes [277.1-52] __ Muscle cramps [277.1-53] __ Muscle pain or stiffness [277.1-54] __ Nausea ... of (Oliguria) [277.1-82] __ Vision, changes in [277.1-83] __ Voice, weakness [277.1-84] __ Vomiting [277.1-85] __ Weakness [277.1-86] __ Wrist ...

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by London
Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:39 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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