Muscle wasting

Muscle atrophy

Muscle wasting: Muscle wasting is listed as an alternate name or description for symptom:

• Muscle atrophy

Causes of Muscle atrophy (Muscle wasting): See detailed list of causes below.

Muscle atrophy (medical symptom): Decrease in size and bulk of muscle.

Causes of Muscle atrophy (Muscle wasting)

The list of medical condition causes of Muscle atrophy (Muscle wasting) includes:

• Muscle injury
• Bed rest
• Immobility
• Nerve injury
  • Neuropathy

All 351 causes of Muscle atrophy

More Specific Symptoms for Muscle wasting:

Review the causes of the following types of more specific symptoms for Muscle wasting:

• Testicular atrophy (56 causes)

Related Symptoms for Muscle wasting

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• Muscle weakness (4300 causes)
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• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Chronic infection
• Tuberculosis
• Muscle disuse
• Joint disuse
• Arthritis (224 causes)
• Joint injuries
• Joint inflammation

Broader Symptom Types for Muscle wasting:

Research the causes of these symptoms that are more broader types of symptom than Muscle wasting:

• Muscle symptoms (7251 causes)
• Thinness (528 causes)
• Weight loss (2248 causes)
• Musculoskeletal symptoms (6264 causes)
• Common symptoms (8589 causes)
• Body symptoms (5672 causes)
• Weight symptoms (2043 causes)

More Symptom Information for Muscle wasting

For a medical symptom description of 'Muscle wasting', the following symptom information may be relevant to the symptoms: Muscle atrophy (symptom). However, note that other causes of the symptom 'Muscle wasting' may be possible.

More information on symptom: Muscle atrophy:

• Muscle atrophy

Muscle wasting: Related Medical Topics

Research related medical symptoms or conditions such as:

• Muscle
• Muscle symptoms (7251 causes)
• Muscle disease
• Muscle disorder
• Muscle pain (956 causes)
• Wasting (351 causes)
• Wasting disease
• Wasting syndrome

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