Atrophy Medical

Muscle Atrophy: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

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Muscle atrophy is the loss or thinning of your muscle tissue. If you have atrophied muscles, you’ll see a decrease in your muscle mass and strength. With muscle atrophy, your muscles look smaller than normal. Muscle atrophy can occur due to malnutrition, age, …

Muscle atrophy: Causes, symptoms, and treatments

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Muscle atrophy can occur due to poor nutrition, age, and genetics. Symptoms vary, and …

Muscle Atrophy: Causes, Symptoms, and Diagnosis

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Multiple system atrophy (MSA) - Symptoms and causes

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Cerebellar type. The main signs and symptoms are problems with muscle coordination (ataxia), but others may include: Impaired movement and coordination, …

Muscle atrophy: MedlinePlus Medical …

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Neurogenic atrophy is the most severe type of muscle atrophy. It can be from an injury to, or disease of a nerve that connects to the muscle. This type of muscle atrophy …

Vaginal atrophy - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

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Overview. Vaginal atrophy (atrophic vaginitis) is thinning, drying and inflammation of the vaginal walls that may occur when your body has less estrogen. Vaginal atrophy occurs …

Atrophy | definition of Atrophy by Medical dictionary

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atrophy [at´ro-fe] 1. decrease in size of a normally developed organ or tissue; see also wasting. 2. to undergo or cause such a decrease. adj., adj atroph´ic. acute yellow …

Brain Atrophy: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms

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Brain atrophy is a loss of neurons and the connections between neurons. Causes include injury and infection. Symptoms vary depending on the location of the damage. ...

Atrophy Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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The meaning of ATROPHY is decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue; also : arrested development or loss of a part or organ incidental to the normal development or …

Cerebral Atrophy - National Institute of Neurological …

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Cerebral atrophy—the loss of nerve cells (neurons) and the connections that help them communicate in the brain's tissues—occurs in many disorders that affect the …