Signs of degeneration, muscle laxity

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The degeneration of muscles, muscle laxity can cause many abnormalities affecting the health and quality of life of the patient. Therefore, you need to know the early signs of muscle degeneration and flaccidity so that you can take measures to change your lifestyle and intervene when necessary.

1. Muscles appear painful and stiff

If you often feel pain or stiffness, this can be considered an early symptom that your body is having muscle weakness. It is caused by the loss of cells in the body, so the muscles will become weaker. Accordingly, you will have difficulty lifting heavy objects such as tables, chairs, etc., or when you raise your hand to brush your hair or have pain when standing up.
Muscular degeneration causes the muscles in the body to become less flexible, restricting the movement of the body and often having symptoms of muscle pain. If you find problems with your muscles, you should go to medical facilities for a general health examination, especially when accompanied by symptoms of muscle tension, prolonged sphincter, because it may be Early signs of muscular dystrophy.

2. Calves become bigger than usual

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a disease that affects the muscles of the legs, causing them to fall into the phenomenon of muscle flabby from an early age. In addition, bulging calves, becoming larger than normal can also be a manifestation of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Besides the arms, legs are the most frequently used body parts with the effect of balancing and stabilizing the body. Therefore, the muscles in the legs are often affected in the first place if you have Duchenne disorder. That is, the muscle areas will later be replaced by fatty tissue. This is a disease with a poor prognosis, so prevention is always a top priority by the World Health Organization (WHO).

3. Expression of spinal curvature

If your muscles appear flabby, they will certainly not be strong enough to be able to ensure that the spine is straight enough and perform their function properly. The spine determines the shape and posture of the person, long-term muscle laxity will make your posture worse and may have scoliosis over time.
Not only that, the internal organs of your body also have to change positions depending on the left or right spinal curvature. This is a dangerous manifestation that affects your health as well as your daily life, and you need to be examined and treated promptly.
Scoliosis is often seen in adolescents. According to the study, women are also diagnosed with this disease more than men. Frequent headaches or leg pain are negative manifestations of scoliosis affecting the sufferer.

4. Problems related to respiratory function

With cases of scoliosis, muscle degeneration can affect our chest muscles, whereby respiratory function will appear undesirable problems that can be mentioned such as headaches, Concentration is impaired and nightmares are frequent.
Muscle laxity in the chest area means that they become weaker leading to difficulties when the patient coughs or sneezes. Not only that, if the disease is more severe, there is a risk of respiratory infection. This is a very dangerous disease that needs to be treated promptly and properly because it has the ability to make a simple cold quickly progress to pneumonia.

5. When speaking, chewing and swallowing will feel difficult

Signs of muscle laxity, muscle degeneration also manifest in the actions of speaking, chewing and swallowing. If you have trouble chewing or swallowing food, or choking after eating for no apparent reason, these could all be early symptoms of Kennedy's disease (or spinal muscular atrophy).
According to research, although this is a disease that occurs at any age, it is most commonly seen in middle-aged patients. The disease not only affects eating, but the patient's voice will also have a change in tone, or when speaking, it feels like it is muffled. Even the muscles of the face, jaw, and tongue can be completely atrophied during the disease.

6. Having heart problems

Muscle laxity can cause changes in how the heart works, known as cardiomyopathy. Muscular degeneration makes the heart unable to function properly and in the most healthy and perfect way, so an irregular heartbeat can be encountered.
Cardiomyopathy is a very dangerous disease, but there are few warning symptoms at the onset. Some symptoms that the patient may experience often include feeling short of breath, swollen feet, easily tired body, etc. Because this is a dangerous disease, even if it is just the smallest symptoms, you It is also necessary to immediately go to medical facilities for timely examination.

7. Cataracts

Muscle degeneration is also the cause of various eye problems. In particular, if you have Muscular Dystrophy, cataracts are the most common sign.
If you observe that your eyes have strange symptoms, you should go to the doctor to be able to detect the disease early if any. Deterioration of the eye muscles is easily the cause of various diseases.

8. Manifestations of male pattern baldness or infertility

Muscular laxity not only makes the muscles weak, but it can also cause hormonal changes. It is because of this hormonal imbalance that men in their 20s or 30s experience baldness first. Besides, this hormonal disorder due to muscle degeneration can also cause testicular atrophy or sexual impotence in men. As a result, fertility will definitely be affected.
The above are the typical signs of muscle degeneration, you should pay attention to early to know the condition of the disease. If you find that you have symptoms of muscle degeneration and flaccidity, you should choose a reputable medical facility to ensure effective examination and treatment.
With many years of experience in the examination and treatment of diseases, now Vinmec International General Hospital has become one of the major health care centers, capable of examining, screening and treating diseases. treat many serious diseases. Therefore, if there are signs of muscle degeneration and flaccidity, you can go to Vinmec International General Hospital to examine and receive support and advice from doctors.
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