This document discusses the differential diagnosis and approach to evaluating episodic muscle weakness. Potential causes include metabolic myopathies, channelopathies, neuromuscular junction disorders, mitochondrial myopathies, and inflammatory myopathies. The evaluation involves obtaining a detailed history regarding triggers, duration and distribution of weakness, family history, and examination findings. Initial investigations include electrolytes, CK, ECG, pulmonary function tests, and electrodiagnostics. Further testing may include exercise tests, muscle biopsy, and genetic testing to identify specific causes. A systematic approach is required to diagnose the underlying condition causing episodic muscle weakness.
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Thrombolysis with rt-PA (Actilyse) is approved for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke since 1996. However, only 10-15% people receive this very effective treatment. One of the factors for low rates of thrombolysis is a large number of relative contraindications. This talk discusses, how we can include several of the patients with relative contraindications for thrombolytic treatment.
this presentation briefly discus about muscle and its related disorder. some myopathies which are common are cover here in an approach to provide basis of the same disease and treatment. this ppt is basically from chapter 32 zakazewski.
This presentation will give a brief idea on proximal myopathy, causes, clinical presentation, history and physical examination, investigations to diagnose the disease easily.
It will be more helpful to medical students.
Relative Contraindications for Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic StrokeSudhir Kumar
Thrombolysis with rt-PA (Actilyse) is approved for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke since 1996. However, only 10-15% people receive this very effective treatment. One of the factors for low rates of thrombolysis is a large number of relative contraindications. This talk discusses, how we can include several of the patients with relative contraindications for thrombolytic treatment.
this presentation briefly discus about muscle and its related disorder. some myopathies which are common are cover here in an approach to provide basis of the same disease and treatment. this ppt is basically from chapter 32 zakazewski.
This presentation will give a brief idea on proximal myopathy, causes, clinical presentation, history and physical examination, investigations to diagnose the disease easily.
It will be more helpful to medical students.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), AKA "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed.
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Fibromyalgia is a disease, which is difficult to diagnose. These slides include ACR criteria 1990 and 2010 with Wide spread pain index(WPI) and Symptom severity score(SSS)
Epilepsy can occur after stroke, and is more common in elderly population. This talk looks at classification, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation and treatment of post-stroke seizures and epilepsy. The risk factors for the development of post-stroke seizures have also been looked at.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), AKA "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed.
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Fibromyalgia is a disease, which is difficult to diagnose. These slides include ACR criteria 1990 and 2010 with Wide spread pain index(WPI) and Symptom severity score(SSS)
Epilepsy can occur after stroke, and is more common in elderly population. This talk looks at classification, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation and treatment of post-stroke seizures and epilepsy. The risk factors for the development of post-stroke seizures have also been looked at.
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The prostate is an exocrine gland of the male mammalian reproductive system
It is a walnut-sized gland that forms part of the male reproductive system and is located in front of the rectum and just below the urinary bladder
Function is to store and secrete a clear, slightly alkaline fluid that constitutes 10-30% of the volume of the seminal fluid that along with the spermatozoa, constitutes semen
A healthy human prostate measures (4cm-vertical, by 3cm-horizontal, 2cm ant-post ).
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Learning objectives:
1. Enlist the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract
2. Briefly explain how these functions are carried out
3. Discuss the significance of dead space
4. Differentiate between minute ventilation and alveolar ventilation
5. Describe the cough and sneeze reflexes
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 39, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 34, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
3. Chapter 17, Human Physiology by Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
4. Non-respiratory functions of the lungs https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/13/3/98/278874
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5. Exercise
• Intense physical activity followed by a period of rest - PP
• Weakness that occurs with exercise and improves with rest- MG
• Intense exercise triggering rhabomyolysis and weakness – metabolic
myopathies(,mutations with ryanodine receptor
6. Time of the Day
• Weakness at mornings(after a nights rest) – PP
• Better at morning and weak at evening– MG
Temperature-
• Cold – Hyperkalemic PP, Paramyotonia and Congenita
• Weaker with Heat and better with cold - MG
8. Position and Compression- Minimal Nerve compression – Hereditary
Neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies
Myoglobinuria -
Glycolytic defect ,Fatty acid metabolism disorder,Malignant
hyperthermia,drugs,toxins.
9. Associated Features
Generalized involvement of muscles with painful weakness and
swelling. – Polymyositis,Infections- Pyomyositis,viral or fungal
Worsening with febrile illness – Mitochondrial myopathy,Metabolic
Myopathy and MG
Rash – Dermatomyositis(Heliotrope Rash,Shawl Sign)
Cardiac Involvement in Carnitine deficiency and Channelopathies
Hepatic involvement in mitochondrial and carnitine deficiency
Multisystem involvement with failure to hrive ,short stature,hearing
loss,cardiac conduction defects – Mitochondrial Myopathy
10. Duration of weakness
• Weakness lasts for few hours in Hyperkalemic PP
• Weakness lasting for several hours /days- Hypokalemic PP, MG
• Weeks/months – relapsing form of CIDP
11. Distribution of weakness
Weakness in thighs and calves – Hyperkalemic PP and Hypokalemic PP
Facial,extraocular muscles and respiratory muscles – MG,Congenital
Myopathy
Generalized weakness – Acute intermittent Porphyria
12. Other Manifestations
Myotonia/Paramyotonia – hyperkalemicPP
Myoglobinuria,muscle edema due to rhabdomyolysis – Metabolic
Myopathies and Ryanodinopathies
Acute abdominal Pain – Porphyria
Fever triggering weakness in Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A
deficiency
14. Examination
Reflexes –
Reduced or absent in CIDP,Hypokalemic PP and Porphyria(during the
attacks)
Normal reflexes in MG(during and in between attacks)
Sensory Changes
HNPP,CIDP,AIP
Usually not seen in PP,Metabolic Myopathies and MG
Myotonia – Hyperkalemic PP
15. Exercise Intolerance
1) Cramps,myalgia and hemoglobinuria that develop after a
brief episode of intense exercise - glycogen storage disease
Second Wind Phenomemon-
Symptoms improve with sustained submaximal effort – McArdles
Disease( Glycogen Storage Disease V) Patient's better tolerance for
aerobic exercise such as walking and cycling after sustained effort. Due
to metabolic s
16. Out of Wind Phenomenon –
• Seen in Phosphofructokinase deficiency (GSD VII)
• Defect in glycolysis
• Providing sucrose solutions before exercise worsens the exercise
capacity due to insulin mediated suppression of lipolysis.
17. 2) Cramps,myalgia and hemoglobinuria that develop after low intensity
sustained exercise – fatty acid oxidation disease
3)Generalized fatigue after sustained exercise but no cramps _MG
18. Investigations
1) Potassium Levels with TSH,Sodium,chloride,anion gap and
creatinine levels
2) Calcium and Magnesium levels
3) Creatine Kinase
Moderate elevationin acute PP
Highly elevated in metabolic myopathies (particulary during
rhabomyolysis) and Inflammatory Myopathies
4)ECG - to look for K changes in ECG and long QT
syndromes(Anderson Tawil syndrome)
19. 5) Pulmonary function tests – MG and AIP
6) Lactate Levels- elevated in mitochondrial myopathies
20. Forearm Exercise Test
For glycogen storage disease –
Forearm exercise performed after at least 15 minutes of rest
Intermittent contraction or persistent isometric contraction
Check lactate,pyruvate and ammonia measurements at baseline and
after exercise.
Patients with glycogen storage disease have no rise in lactate level
after exercise but shows increased ammonia
24. Muscle Biopsy
Rimmed vacuoles can be seen in PP
GSD PAS staining and reduced myophorylase staining in McArdle
disease
Fatty acid oxidation – increased lipid deposits in oil red stains
Ragged red fibres in mitochondrial myopathies
Dystophic pattern in recurrent rhabdomyolysis associated with
muscular dystrophies