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myopathy [Brit mʌɪˈɒpəθi, Am maɪˈɑpəθi] N MED

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Symptoms are most often exercise-induced, but fasting, a high-fat diet, exposure to cold temperature, or infection (especially febrile illness) can also provoke this metabolic myopathy. en.wikipedia.org

However, when critical illness myopathy occurs, it is not solely due to loss of innervation of the muscle. en.wikipedia.org

To understand how high levels of thyroxine can be toxic and lead to thyrotoxic myopathy physiologically, consider basic neuromuscular junction function. en.wikipedia.org

One source includes nemaline myopathy, myotubular myopathy, central core myopathy, congenital fiber type disproportion, and multicore myopathy. en.wikipedia.org

Patients may also experience delayed walking, a characteristic waddling gait, complain of stiffness and pain, and have an appendicular muscle weakness (especially in the thighs) consistent with nonprogressive myopathy. en.wikipedia.org

The palpation of dilated myopathy differs in that the impulse tends to be vigorous and brief. en.wikipedia.org

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