Glossary for Mitochondrial diseases

• All Disease Categories: All major disease categories
• Bizarre medical conditions: Various unusual and unexpected medical disorders
• Exercise intolerance: inability to exercise excessively
• Heart failure: Slow failure of the heart (cardiac insufficiency).
• Heart rhythm symptoms: Problems with the rhythm of the heartbeat (arrhythmias)
• Kearns-Sayre Syndrome: A rare neuromuscular disorder characterized by pigmented deposits on the retina, heart disease and progressive paralysis of some eye muscles.
• Leber's hereditary optic atrophy: Rare mitochondrial eye disease.
• Leigh syndrome: A rare, progressive, neurological disorder characterized by the degeneration of the brain and impaired function of various body organs. The condition is caused by a systemic deficiency of the cytochrome C oxidase enzyme.
• MELAS: A mitochondrial disorder characterized by stroke-like episodes, headaches, vomiting and other neurological symptoms.
• Muscle cramps: A condition which is characterized by the uncontrolled contractions of muscles
• Muscle weakness: A condition which is characterized by an inability of the muscles to function at their full strenght
• Myoclonus epilepsy: A form of epilepsy (brain function disturbance) associated with involuntary muscle twitching (myoclonus)
• Myositis: One of the underlying causes for muscle weakness/myopathy.
• Progressive external ophthalmoplegia: A rare genetic disorder characterized by progressive paralysis of the eye muscles as well as occasional skeletal muscle involvement.
• Riboflavin deficiency: Dietary deficiency of riboflavin (vitamin B2)
• Stroke: Serious brain event from bleeding or blood clots.
• Systemic disorders: Any condition that occurs in a system of the body

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