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Prolonged, painful involuntary contraction of skeletal muscle.
Caused by: An imbalance of the salts in the body, fatigue, or stress
Symptoms: Pain
Injury to a ligamentCaused by overstretchingGradually heals, but may take months
Excessive stretching or working of a muscle, resulting in pain and swelling of the muscle
Damage to muscle caused by overstretching
Characterized by pain between the knee and the ankle
Usually occurs in athletesCaused by repeated injury to the muscles
around the tibia
Chronic aches, pains, and muscle stiffness and heightened response to pressure
No known cause
The partial or total loss of the ability of voluntary muscles to move
May be either temporary or permanent
Symptoms: Mental retardation, muscle weakness that slowly gets worse causing muscles to lose strength, frequent falls, and drooping eyelids
Inherited disorderNo known cure
Disorder of the peripheral nervous system that causes limp muscles and loss of reflexes
Begins with the feet and lower extremities and works toward the head
Patients return to normal over time, weeks or months
Myasthenia Gravis - An autoimmune disorder occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. -The body blocks the muscle cells from receiving messages from the nerve cell.- Causes weakening of voluntary muscles so you have trouble chewing, talking, moving, etc. May cause facial paralysis
Intense muscle spasm or cramp (prolonged muscle contraction)
resulting in rigid paralysis.
Caused by a toxin of a bacteria entering the
body through an injury
Treated with antibiotics and prevented with
vaccinations
Tetanus