Men's "lazy cancer" is tired as soon as it moves, it is a rare muscle weakness syndrome

Wuhan Evening News June 27th News was tired as soon as the event was often suffered from "laziness" by his wife. Mr. Sun, 62, was quite helpless. It was not until recently when he went to the hospital for treatment. Essence

Mr. Sun had a good body in the past. He felt weak in his retirement for two years, and he was tired as soon as he moved. "The family said that I had committed 'lazy cancer', just to escape the housework." In the past month, he just wanted to sit and lie down all day long, and he felt tired.

Last week, Mr. Sun came to the Department of Neurology, Wuhan Fourth Hospital. The attending physician Wu Junyi introduced that the patient's symptoms are similar to the weakness of the intensive muscle, but they are excluded after examination. Subsequently, after the diagram of the electrocardiography and the diagnosis of serum antibody examination, Mr. Sun suffered from a rare muscle disease -muscle weakness syndrome.

Muscle weakness syndrome is a self -immune disease. Due to the reduction of the number of acetylcholine, the clinical manifestation is the weakness of the near -end muscles of the limbs, especially the symptoms of the upper limbs, and the lower limbs, the eye muscles, or the medulla are less involved. Director Zeng Xiaoyun, Department of Neurology, Wuhan Fourth Hospital, introduced that the disease is often misdiagnosed as severe muscle weakness. Although patients immediately feel fatigue after activity, the muscle strength is enhanced after a short period of force.

This type of disease will only show typical signs when it is progressing to a certain degree. It is difficult to obtain the diagnosis without specialist doctors and special examinations. After treatment, Mr. Sun's physical fatigue has improved significantly, and basic daily activities can be completed. Doctors remind that many patients will mistake the symptoms of muscle weakness and other related symptoms as a normal manifestation of their age, and lack sufficient attention to this. It is recommended that continuous fatigue and weakness will be visited in a timely manner. (Reporter Wuye correspondent Chen Yanwu Junyi)

[Edit: Yu Lina]

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