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Definition Muscular atrophy is a pathological condition characterized by the progressive decrease in the size of one or more muscles. This can be the consequence of reduced oxygenation (prolonged immobilization of various origins), ischemia, compression (disc hernia and carpal tunnel syndrome), reduced functional stimulation (spinal cord injury or motor neuron disease) and muscle damage (dystrophy or trauma )

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Definition Muscular atrophy consists in reducing the volume of striated muscles, which results in weakness or complete loss of motor function (paralysis). The causes of this process can be physiological (as happens, for example, in aging) or pathological. Muscle atrophy reduces the quality of life by preventing the subject who suffers from carrying out normal daily activities (such as walking) or aggravating the risks of accidents while performing them

Related articles: Spinal Muscular Atrophy Definition Spinal muscular atrophy is a hereditary neuromuscular disease, characterized by the progressive degeneration of the motoneurons of the anterior horns of the spinal cord and of the motor nuclei of the brain stem. The result is an important muscle weakness which leads to various complications

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Definition Weight gain occurs when the calories ingested exceed the body's energy demands, which leads to an increase in the reserve fatty tissue. In this sense, weight gain can be an indication of nutritional failure or eating disorder (eg bulimia, binge eating disorder, etc.). Excess weight does not always depend on excessive consumption of food and drink; sometimes it is caused by a series of dysfunctions and diseases

Related articles: Balanopostitis Definition Balanoposthitis is an inflammation that affects the glans (balanitis) and the foreskin (postitis), two structures present at the distal end of the penis. This inflammatory process recognizes irritative causes (eg trauma or rubbing of the penis against too tight clothing) and infectious (eg, candidiasis, chlamydial or gonococcal urethritis, infection with herpes simplex virus, scabies, soft ulcer, syphilis and trichomoniasis)

Related articles: Balanite Definition Inflammation of the glans (end part, acorn-shaped, of the penis), which appears reddened, itchy, painful and swollen Detail of glans infection called balanitis - taken from: danderm.dk/ Possible Causes * of Balanitis Reactive arthritis Candida Gonorrhea Reiter syndrome Trichomonas uretrite