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muscle and nerve disease Flashcards

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what is the function of a muscle?

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Intricate machine designed to convert chemical energy → mechanical energy

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what are the components of this process:

Intricate machine designed to convert chemical energy → mechanical energy

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Structural components
Contractile mechanism
Excitation-contraction coupling (ion channels)
Energy system

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what are the symptoms of muscle disease?

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Weakness of skeletal muscle
Short of breath (respiratory muscles)
Poor swallow / aspiration (bulbar muscles)
Cardiomyopathy
Cramp, pain, stiffness, myoglobinuria
(Babies: poor suck / feeding / failure to thrive / floppy)

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what are the signs of muscle disease?

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Wasting / hypertrophy
Normal or reduced tone and reflexes
Motor weakness…NOT sensory

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what are the investigations for muscle disease

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History and examination
Creatine Kinase (CK)
EMG
Muscle biopsy
Structure
Biochemistry
Inflammation
Genetic testing
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what are congenital classifications of muscle disease?

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Structural: muscular dystrophies

Contractile: congenital myopathies

Coupling: channelopathies

Energy: enzymes / mitochondria

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what are acquired classifications of muscle disease?

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Metabolic (Ca2+, K+)
Endocrine (thyroid, adrenal, vit D)
Inflammatory muscle disease
Iatrogenic: medication (steroids / statins)

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are there specific treatments for muscular dystrophies?

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no

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what is channelopathies?

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disorders of Ca2+, Na+, K+ and Cl- channels
often paroxysmal symptoms e.g. periodic paralysis / myotonia
partially treatable

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what is metabolic myopathy?

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Exercise induced: early = disorders of carbohydrate metabolism
late = disorders of lipid metabolism

Mitochondrial problems
partially treatable

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what are Polymyositis and dermatomyositis?

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are disorders of the body’s connective tissues, which include tendons, ligaments and the dense sheets of collagen-based tissue that cover the ends of the muscles. These diseases cause swelling and tenderness in the muscles (polymyositis) and sometimes the skin (dermatomyositis).

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what separates polymmyositis and dermatomyositis?

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Characteristic rash of DM

High CK, autoantibodies, tumour screen (esp DM)
EMG & biopsy
Polymyositis: CD8 cells
Dermato: humeral-mediated, B cells and CD4 cells

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what is the treatment for Polymyositis and dermatomyositis (DM)

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immunosuppression

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what is the clinical presentation myasthenia gravis?

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Fatiguable weakness

Ocular: eyelids (ptosis)
muscles of eye movement (diplopia)

Generalised: limbs
bulbar (chew, swallow, talk)
breathing

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what are the investigations for myasthenia gravis?

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AChR, Anti MuSK antibodies
Neurophysiology (Repetitive stimulation, Jitter)
CT chest (thymoma)

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what is the treatment for myasthenia gravis?

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Symptomatic
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (pyridostigmine)

Immunosuppression
Prednisolone
Steroid saving agent (e.g. azathioprine)

Immunoglobulin / plasma exchange

Thymectomy

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what does the peripheral nerve consist of?

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Sensory axons
Small fibres (pain + temperature)
Large fibres (joint position sense + vibration)
Motor axons
Autonomic axons
Nerve sheath (myelin)
18
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what type of disease is a nerve disease?

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root disease

19
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causes of generalised peripheral neuropathy

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Hereditary

Metabolic: diabetes, alcohol, renal failure, B12

Toxic: drugs

Infectious: Lyme, HIV, leprosy

Malignancy: paraneoplastic

Inflammatory demyelinating:
Acute = Guillain Barre syndrome
Chronic = chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

20
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symptoms and signs of nerve root?

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Myotomal wasting and weakness
Reflex change
Dermatomal sensory change

21
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symptoms and signs of individual nerve of nerve disease

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Wasting and weakness of innervated muscle

Specific sensory change

22
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symptoms and signs of generalised peripheral neuropathy

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Sensory and motor symptoms, usually starting distally and moving proximally

23
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investigations for nerve diseases?

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Blood tests
Genetic analysis
Nerve Conduction Studies
Lumbar puncture (CSF analysis)
Nerve biopsy (nb sensory nerve)
24
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treatment of nerve disease?

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Treat the cause eg stop drug, surgery, immunoglob

25
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diagnosis of motor neuron disease

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Unique combination of UMN + LMN signs with no sensory signs

EMG

26
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treatment of motor neuron disease

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Supportive
PEG feed, non invasive ventilation, physio, OT, SALT, care
Riluzole
Anticipatory / palliative care

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