Systemic Conditions & Therapies

Neuromuscular diseases

Neuromuscular disease is an extremely term that includes numerous diseases and ailments that debilitate the functioning of the muscles, either directly, being pathologies of the voluntary muscle, or indirectly, being pathologies of nerves or neuromuscular junctions.

Patients with neuromuscular diseases can have weakness, loss of muscle mass, muscle twitching, cramping, numbness, shivering, and a host of other symptoms. Issues with the nerve-muscle junction can also cause droopy eyelids, double vision, and weakness that exacerbate with moment. Some neuromuscular disorders can also cause difficulty with swallowing and sometimes with breathing.