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[Kayla55]

This has gained my attention not just in support of toxic standards but from medical perspective of understanding what doctors inject. Sometimes it stunts muscles, other times it cripples people.
Research what is it and how does it work.

 

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What Causes Muscle Wasting?​

Medically reviewed by Elaine K. Luo, M.D. — Written by Ann Pietrangelo —Updated on August 24, 2019

• Symptoms
• Causes
• Diagnosis
• Treatment
• Takeaway

Muscle wasting or atrophy is usually caused by not being able to regularly exercise your muscles. Your inability to move may be be due to an injury or an underlying health condition.
Muscle atrophy is when muscles waste away. It’s usually caused by a lack of physical activity.

When a disease or injury makes it difficult or impossible for you to move an arm or leg, the lack of mobility can result in muscle wasting. Over time, without regular movement, your arm or leg can start to appear smaller but not shorter than the one you’re able to move.
In some cases, muscle wasting can be reversed with a proper diet, exercise, or physical therapy.

Symptoms of muscle atrophy​

You may have muscle atrophy if:

• One of your arms or legs is noticeably smaller than the other.
• You’re experiencing marked weakness in one limb.
• You’ve been physically inactive for a very long time.

Call your doctor to schedule a complete medical examination if you believe you may have muscle atrophy or if you are unable to move normally. You may have an undiagnosed condition that requires treatment.

Causes of muscle atrophy​

Unused muscles can waste away if you’re not active. But even after it begins, this type of atrophy can often be reversed with exercise and improved nutrition.
Muscle atrophy can also happen if you’re bedridden or unable to move certain body parts due to a medical condition. Astronauts, for example, can experience muscle atrophy after a few days of weightlessness.
Other causes for muscle atrophy include:

• lack of physical activity for an extended period of time
• aging
• alcohol-associated myopathy, a pain and weakness in muscles due to excessive drinking over long periods of time
• burns
• injuries, such as a torn rotator cuff or broken bones
• malnutrition
• spinal cord or peripheral nerve injuries
• stroke
• long-term corticosteroid therapy

Some medical conditions can cause muscles to waste away or can make movement difficult, leading to muscle atrophy. These include:

• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, affects nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement
• dermatomyositis, causes muscle weakness and skin rash
• Guillain-Barré syndrome, an autoimmune condition that leads to nerve inflammation and muscle weakness
• multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune condition in which the body destroys the protective coverings of nerves
• muscular dystrophy, an inherited condition that causes muscle weakness
• neuropathy, damage to a nerve or nerve group, resulting in loss of sensation or function
• osteoarthritis, causes reduced motion in the joints
• polio, a viral disease affecting muscle tissue that can lead to paralysis
• polymyositis, an inflammatory disease
• rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic inflammatory autoimmune condition that affects the joints
• spinal muscular atrophy, a hereditary condition causing arm and leg muscles to waste away

 

[Kayla55]

Undernutrition can also result in micronutrient deficiencies. Some of the most common deficiencies and their symptoms include (3Trusted Source):

• Vitamin A: Dry eyes, night blindness, increased risk of infection (6Trusted Source).
• Zinc: Loss of appetite, stunted growth, delayed healing of wounds, hair loss, diarrhea (7Trusted Source).
• Iron: Impaired brain function, issues with regulating body temperature, stomach problems (8Trusted Source).
• Iodine: Enlarged thyroid glands (goiters), decreased production of thyroid hormone, growth and development issues (9Trusted Source).

Since undernutrition leads to serious physical issues and health problems, it can increase your risk of death.

 

[Kayla55]

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Muscle atrophy in adult tissue occurs when protein degradation rates exceed protein synthesis. Two major protein degradation pathways, the ubiquitin-proteasome and the autophagy-lysosome systems, are activated during muscle atrophy and variably contribute to the loss of muscle mass.

Abstract. Muscle protein breakdown (MPB) is an important metabolic component of muscle remodeling, adaptation to training, and increasing muscle mass. Degradation of muscle proteins occurs via the integration of three main systems—autophagy and the calpain and ubiquitin-proteasome systems.

Abstract. Short successive periods of muscle disuse, due to injury or illness, can contribute significantly to the loss of muscle mass with aging (sarcopenia). It has been suggested that increasing the protein content of the diet may be an effective dietary strategy to attenuate muscle disuse atrophy.

 

[Kayla55]

https://www.goodrx.com/drugs/side-effects/drug-induced-myopathy

Statins, such as atorvastatin (Lipitor, Atorvaliq) and simvastatin (Zocor, FloLipid), are common culprits. Amiodarone (Pacerone), levofloxacin, and prednisone (Rayos) can also cause muscle weakness. Taking more than one medication that causes muscle weakness raises your chances of experiencing this side effect.

 

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FDA updates warnings for oral and injectable fluoroquinolone

Currently available data from observational studies do not conclusively support the hypothesis that prenatal or postnatal exposure to antibiotics as a group is a risk factor for ASD. However, a portion of the results from large cohort studies may suggest a possible trend towards higher risk of ASD after use of certain types of antibiotics. More studies, most preferably of a prospective cohort design, controlling adequately for potential confounding factors including infections, are needed to verify this association.

 

[tamalito]

The things people do to their bodies because of external beauty standards is ridiculous

Makes me kinda sad to see so much people suffering just to be what society expects

Is this where social media has gotten us to?

 

[Neonatal RRT]

This has gained my attention not just in support of toxic standards but from medical perspective of understanding what doctors inject. Sometimes it stunts muscles, other times it cripples people.
Research what is it and how does it work.

Thin, scrawny-looking legs. Ewww. No.

...and there are "doctors" doing this to people?!

Hit the weights at the gym. Eat some meat. Shapely legs come from muscle.

 

[Kayla55]

Plastic surgery I just can't relate to these woman, sorry.
I've being on mission for as long as I can remember to try build more muscle definition, being slim isn't a beauty standard to me. I wish I could sun tan, really do but I freckle in ghastly way. I'm older and I've lived my life, age on my face is character, my asd-un-persona is who I hope people do see.

If celiac produces anorexic girls then it's also a toxic standard.

 

[tlc]

Makes me think of some of the things that people from other cultures or time periods would do to their bodies. Put on corsets so tight that their organs get displaced and no longer function properly. Add rings on their neck to progressively push their shoulders out of shape and make it appear longer. Constrict babies heads to elongate the skull. Ram a piece of wood into their chin, I wonder how many die of infection.

Must be a thing there? I’ve always heard that “bird legs” or “chicken legs” was something you tried to avoid if you were keeping up with beauty standards.

I wouldn’t do any of that, but to each their own. As long as they are adults and make their own decisions.

 

[Kayla55]

Makes me think of some of the things that people from other cultures or time periods would do to their bodies. Put on corsets so tight that their organs get displaced and no longer function properly. Add rings on their neck to progressively push their shoulders out of shape and make it appear longer. Constrict babies heads to elongate the skull. Ram a piece of wood into their chin, I wonder how many die of infection.

Must be a thing there? I’ve always heard that “bird legs” or “chicken legs” was something you tried to avoid if you were keeping up with beauty standards.

I wouldn’t do any of that, but to each their own. As long as they are adults and make their own decisions.

Is it just Asia though? Some of the western botches are enough to scare me away permanently. Is it Giovani Versace, she is like a dream, yellow hair, and others who upper cats eye???
My legs aren't like toothpicks, but I couldn't get definition on my calves, people think oh, but you slender but I really hate myself, never wear skirts.
I'm realising now many men use steroids to get muscle definition, naturally it appears difficult to get shape, or is it? Maybe that's why I was confused.