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Polymyositis produces muscle weakness. It can often be treated by drugs like corticosteroids or immunosuppressants. Inclusion body myositis is a slowly progressive disease that produces weakness of hand grip and straightening of the knees. No effective treatment is known. (M60.9) Benign acute childhood myositis (M61) Myositis ossificans
Weakness of the eye muscles is uncommon. Some may have double vision, drooping of the eyelids and difficulty swallowing, [4] but generally only together with leg weakness; this too distinguishes LEMS from myasthenia gravis, in which eye signs are much more common. [3] In the advanced stages of the disease, weakness of the respiratory muscles ...
True muscle weakness is a primary symptom of a variety of skeletal muscle diseases, including muscular dystrophy and inflammatory myopathy. It occurs in neuromuscular junction disorders, such as myasthenia gravis. Muscle weakness can also be caused by low levels of potassium and other electrolytes within muscle cells. It can be temporary or ...
Health officials in Europe are investigating Ozempic and the trendy drug’s possible link to an eye-rotting condition that causes blindness. On Dec. 17, the European Medicines Agency announced ...
Muscular weakness of dorsiflexors (dorsiflexion) hinders the ability to clear the floor during the swing phase of gait and people may adopt a steppage gait pattern [32] or ankle-foot-orthotics may be indicated. [13] Factors such as hand function, skin integrity, and comfort must be assessed prior to prescription.
Mysterious drones in New York temporarily shut down runways at an Orange County airport, a frustrated governor said, calling for federal assistance and declaring that "this has gone too far."
Federal law prohibits “teaching, demonstrating or distributing information on how to make or use explosives, destructive devices or weapons of mass destruction,” if it is intended to commit ...
Signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on August 18, 1990 The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act ( Ryan White CARE Act , Pub. L. 101–381 , 104 Stat. 576 , enacted August 18, 1990 ) was an act of the United States Congress and is the largest federally funded program in the United States for people living with HIV/AIDS .