Muscle Disorders Flashcards

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Causes of myopathy

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Steroid Myopathy
Statin Myopathy
Metabolic/ Endocrine Myopathy
Myotonic Dystropy
Duchenne's
Polymyositis
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Signs of Duchenne’s

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X linked mutation in dystrophin gene
Calf muscle pseudohypertrophy
Mucle CK raised
Progressive proximal weakness
Die at 24 y/o
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How do myopathies present?

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Stairs, chairs and hair. = proximal weakness and wasting, facial and neck weakness, scoliosis, contractures

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Investigations for myopathies

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CK
EMG
ESR/CRP

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5
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Treatment for myopathy

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Immunosupression if inflammatory
Physio
OT
SALT
Remove causal agent
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