Neuromuscular-induced respiratory muscle weakness is a type of respiratory impairment caused by the muscles used for breathing becoming weakened as a result of the underlying neuromuscular disease. In neuromuscular diseases that can affect breathing, the muscles responsible for breathing can become weakened, resulting in a reduced ability to fully expand the chest cavity with each breath. In turn, this leads to a reduced ability to fully inflate the lungs, which is the definition of hypoinflation. Throughout this process, lung and airway tissues remain healthy. Examples of diseases that can cause neuromuscular-induced respiratory muscle weakness include Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Myasthenia Gravis (MG), and CMT.
A Name That Does Too Much Work
Jean-Martin Charcot's name appears throughout medicine, but nowhere does it create more confusion than in the foot. Learn why the CMT foot and Charcot neuroarthropathy, also known as Charcot foot, share a name yet differ in how they develop, appear, and are managed.
