Neuromuscular disease can be caused by autoimmune disorders, genetic/hereditary disorders and some forms of the collagen disorder Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome, exposure to environmental chemicals and poisoning which includes heavy metal poisoning. The failure of the electrical insulation surrounding nerves, the myelin, is seen in certain deficiency diseases, such as the failure of the body's system for absorbing vitamin B-12 Diseases of the motor end plate include myasthenia gravis, a form of muscle weakness due to antibodies against acetylcholine receptor, and its related condition Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS). Tetanus and botulism are bacterial infections in which bacterial toxins cause increased or decreased muscle tone, respectively.<unk>  dystrophies, including Duchenne's and Becker's, are a large group of diseases, many of them hereditary or resulting from genetic mutations, where the muscle integrity is disrupted, they lead to progressive loss of strength and decreased life span. Further causes of neuromuscular diseases are : Polymyositis Inflammatory muscle disorders * Polymyalgia rheumatica (or "muscle rheumatism") is an inflammatory condition that mainly occurs in the elderly; it is associated with giant-cell arteritis(It often responds to prednisolone). * Polymyositis is an autoimmune condition in which the muscle is affected. * Rhabdomyolysis is the breakdown of<unk>  tissue due to any cause. Tumors * Smooth muscle: leiomyoma (benign) * Striated muscle: rhabdomyoma (benign)
field of Muscular dystrophy
medical cause of Atrophy
picture of MERRF syndrome
symptom of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Madras motor neuron disease
symptom of Myotonic dystrophy
medical cause of Hemiparesis
medical cause of Polyneuropathy