What is Rhabdomyolysis?

What is Rhabdomyolysis?

• Rhabdomyolysis: Skeletal muscle injury or death, which releases muscle fibres into the blood.
• Rhabdomyolysis: Necrosis or disintegration of skeletal muscle often followed by myoglobinuria.
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Rhabdomyolysis: Introduction

Types of Rhabdomyolysis:

Types of Rhabdomyolysis:

Broader types of Rhabdomyolysis:

• Muscle conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions
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How serious is Rhabdomyolysis?

Complications of Rhabdomyolysis: see complications of Rhabdomyolysis

What causes Rhabdomyolysis?

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis: see causes of Rhabdomyolysis
Risk factors for Rhabdomyolysis: see risk factors for Rhabdomyolysis

What are the symptoms of Rhabdomyolysis?

Symptoms of Rhabdomyolysis: see symptoms of Rhabdomyolysis

Complications of Rhabdomyolysis: see complications of Rhabdomyolysis

Can anyone else get Rhabdomyolysis?

More information: see contagiousness of Rhabdomyolysis
Inheritance: see inheritance of Rhabdomyolysis

Rhabdomyolysis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Rhabdomyolysis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Rhabdomyolysis.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Rhabdomyolysis: Internist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Rhabdomyolysis.
Treatments for Rhabdomyolysis: see treatments for Rhabdomyolysis
Research for Rhabdomyolysis: see research for Rhabdomyolysis

Name of Rhabdomyolysis

Main name of condition: Rhabdomyolysis

Rhabdomyolysis: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Rhabdomyolysis:

• Arterial thrombosis
• Compartment syndrome
• Carnithine deficiency
• Disseminated intravascular coagulation
• Polymyositis
• Dermatomyositis

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