Signs of Mitochondrial diseases
Symptoms of Mitochondrial diseases
The list of medical symptoms mentioned in various sources
for Mitochondrial diseases may include:
List of 18
Mitochondrial diseases Symptoms
Note that Mitochondrial diseases symptoms usually refers to various medical symptoms known to a patient,
but the phrase Mitochondrial diseases signs may often refer to those signs
that are only noticable by a doctor.
Signs or Symptoms of Mitochondrial diseases:
NINDS Mitochondrial Myopathies Information Page: NINDS (Excerpt)
The symptoms of mitochondrial myopathies
include muscle weakness or exercise intolerance, heart failure or rhythm
disturbances, dementia, movement disorders, stroke-like episodes,
deafness, blindness, droopy eyelids, reduced ability of the eyes to move,
vomiting, and seizures. The disorders range in severity from progressive
weakness to death.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Mitochondrial Myopathies Information Page: NINDS)
NINDS Mitochondrial Myopathies Information Page: NINDS (Excerpt)
Exercise intolerance
or muscle weakness usually develops by the age of 20.
During physical
activity, muscles may become easily fatigued or weak. Muscle cramping may
rarely occur. Nausea, headache, and breathlessness are also sometimes
associated with mitochondrial myopathies.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Mitochondrial Myopathies Information Page: NINDS)
More Symptoms of Mitochondrial diseases:
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of the possible signs or symptoms of this condition
and also possibly the signs and symptoms of its related medical conditions,
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What are the signs of Mitochondrial diseases?
The phrase "signs of Mitochondrial diseases" should, strictly speaking,
refer only to those signs and symptoms of Mitochondrial diseases that are not readily apparent to the patient.
The word "symptoms of Mitochondrial diseases" is the more general meaning; see symptoms of Mitochondrial diseases.
The signs and symptom information on this page
attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Mitochondrial diseases.
This medical information about signs and symptoms for Mitochondrial diseases has been gathered
from various sources,
may not be fully accurate,
and may not be the full list of Mitochondrial diseases signs or Mitochondrial diseases symptoms.
Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Mitochondrial diseases may vary on an individual basis for each patient.
Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they
are indeed Mitochondrial diseases symptoms.
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