2006-10-21 02:20:17 · 9 answers · asked by paul b 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
its a internall infection and 1in 10 survive it but i need more info can you help
2006-10-21 02:25:23 · update #1
If the first two clowns had any sense at all, they'd have realised that you were asking a serious question, and may be concerned about how it affects people.
Here's a couple of sites where you can find more information about it.
2006-10-21 02:28:55 · answer #1 · answered by micksmixxx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rhabdomyolysis is not an infection. It is caused by muscle damage. Lysis means breakdown. myo is muscle. I forget what the rhabdo means.
I dount that those statistics are correct in the west.
It causes acute renal failure because the kidneys cannot cope with excreting all that broken down muscle-protein.
Haemodialysis does the job of the kidneys until they recover, and they will do so if it is treated early.
It happens in people who have been unable to move for a long period of time. So people trapped in disasters (earthquakes etc) or have a stroke or overdose or are in a coma get it.
Other problems that caused the muscle damage may complicate the disease process but rhabdomyolysis is not fatal if the kidneys are supported.
2006-10-21 15:00:48 · answer #2 · answered by cate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the word that you meant was rhabdomyolysis, the term simply means the abnormal/pathological breakdown of muscle tissue. This is seen in crush injuries (e.g after a tree falls on your arm and stays there for 20 hours), certain drugs/medications can cause it, also a special entity called exertional rhabdomyolysis seen in people who have very low potassium levels that do strenous exercise. The consequence of such an entity includes the accumulation of the products of muscle breakdown which can plug up the kidneys causing your kidneys to malfunction, as well as increase in potassium levels (which is not good for your heart, it can cause abnormalities in heart rhythms etc.)
2006-10-21 02:33:44 · answer #3 · answered by stressdout 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean "Rhabdomyolysis"?
Rhabdomyolysis is the breakdown of muscle fibers with leakage of potentially toxic cellular contents into the systemic circulation. The final common pathway of rhabdomyolysis may be a disturbance in myocyte calcium homeostasis.
Clinical sequelae of rhabdomyolysis include the following:
Hypovolemia (sequestration of plasma water within injured myocytes)
Hyperkalemia (release of cellular potassium into the systemic circulation)
Metabolic acidosis (release of cellular phosphate and sulfate)
Acute renal failure (nephrotoxic effects of liberated myocyte components)
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
Please see the webpages for more details on Rhabdomyolisis.
2006-10-21 02:48:29 · answer #4 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhabdomyolysis
2006-10-21 02:31:48 · answer #5 · answered by bigguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just put the word in google ,loads of things will come up.
2006-10-21 02:24:33 · answer #6 · answered by Pat R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had it sauteed with a side salad once, wouldnt try it again.
2006-10-21 02:22:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
www.hamelalmisk.com/drugs/lipitor.html
2006-10-21 02:23:33 · answer #8 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
about what no sorry, is that food?
2006-10-21 02:22:17 · answer #9 · answered by Ben C 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋