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Muscle disorders can be caused by injury, infection, inflammation or an inherited condition like muscular dystrophy, which weakens muscles.


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What is rhabdomyolysis?

Neuromyelitis optica

Myasthenia gravis

Hereditary spastic paraplegia

Guillain-Barré syndrome

Motor Neurone Disease

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Bell's palsy

Dystonia

Paralysis

Myositis (polymyositis and dermatomyositis) 

Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS)

Essential tremor

Twitching Eyes And Muscles

Motor neurone disease

Inherited and genetic conditions are caused by your genes. Some are passed to you by your parents, while others are caused by random gene changes that happen before you're born. They include sickle cell anaemia and Down syndrome.


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Spinal muscular atrophy

Spore-forming bacteria Clostridium that causes botulism

Bacteria are single-celled organisms that can cause an infection if they enter the body. Bacterial infections can affect all parts of the body, including the heart, brain, skin and teeth. They're usually treated with antibiotics.


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Bacteria are single-celled organisms that can cause an infection if they enter the body. Bacterial infections can affect all parts of the body, including the heart, brain, skin and teeth. They're usually treated with antibiotics.

Botulism

Muscular dystrophy

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Muscle disorders