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What is the floppy infant syndrome
Hypotonia or low muscle tone, is a syndrome with characteristics of various diseases. In all cases the main symptoms are: the reduction or lack of movement, muscle weakness and decreased muscle tone. There are two types of hypotonia: • Paralytic: reduced or lack of progressive and is due to a problem at the Central Nervous [...]
How to Avoid The Risk of Diabetes?
Diabetes is one of the most common diseases affecting the population, especially in those who do not have good, healthy eating habits. Types of diabetes – Type 1 Diabetes Type 1 diabetics produce little or no insulin. This type of diabetes usually appears in childhood or youth and those who suffer from external sources need [...]
Exams and Tests for Guillain-Barre Syndrome
The background of increasing muscle weakness and paralysis may be signs of Guillain-Barre syndrome, especially if there was a recent illness. A medical exam may show muscle weakness and problems with involuntary body functions (autonomic), as blood pressure and heart rate. The test may also show that reflexes, such as “knee jerk” are decreased or [...]
Symptoms of Guillain-Barre
Symptoms of Guillain-Barre get worse very quickly. It may take only a few hours to more severe symptoms, but the increasing weakness for several days is common. Muscle weakness or loss of muscle function (paralysis) affects both sides. In most cases, the muscle weakness starts in the legs and then spreads to the arms. This [...]
Causes of Guillain Barre Syndrome
Is a serious disorder that occurs when the body’s defense system (immune system) attacks the nervous system by mistake. This leads to nerve inflammation, which causes muscular weakness. Causes Guillain-Barre syndrome is an autoimmune disorder (the body’s own immune system attacking itself) and it is unknown exactly what triggers. The syndrome may occur at any [...]
A Solution to muscle weakness
Muscle weakness If a muscle is not given any work to do every little muscle fiber becomes thinner and all the muscle begins to lose its strength. Some groups of muscles weaken faster than others. When a footballer has a knee injury his quadriceps, muscles in the front of your thigh very quickly get weak. [...]