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KearnsSayre syndrome causes paralysis of the eye muscle difficulty in walking and heart prblems what is the connection between the symptoms and th role of mitochondia in cell function?
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∙ 15y ago
Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a rare neuromuscular disorder caused by abnormalities in the DNA of mitochondria, structures that drive cell function. This can cause problems with many of the organs and tissues in the body.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 15y agoIt is caused by a deletion of roughly 5000 bases in the mitochondrial genome. This means that roughly a third of the genome is missing. The mitochondria are involved in biological oxidation and energy production. Any malfunction causes a drastic energy deficiency, especially in the tissues that are especially sensitive, such as muscle cells and neurons. The severity depends on the degree of heteroplasmy. However, deleted mutants have a faster rate of division (independent of cell cycle of course) so the disease will be progressive.
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What happens to a person who has potassium deficiency?
Hypokalemia is a when you have a lower amount of potassium in the blood than a normal person. Some things that can happen when your potassium is low would be muscle weakness and cramps, constipation, and paralysis.
What is the consequences of the administration of a compound that inhibits acetylcholinesterases?
If the action of acetylcholinesterase is inhibited, acetylcholine is not degraded and would accumulate in the synaptic cleft and act as a constant stimulus to the muscle fiber. The muscle cells will continue to contract resulting in a condition called spastic paralysis.
What is succinylcholine also known as?
This is a receptor agonist widely used as a muscle relaxant, both in people but also to induce paralysis in horses.It is also known as Anectine and Quelicin. In a hospital it is also known as "succs". It is also sometimes referred to as the poeple's medecine.
What is acetylcholinesterace?
Acetylcholinesterase, also known as AChE, is an enzyme which is critical to the function of animals from ants to elephants. This enzyme's sole responsibility is to break down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Acetylcholine sends messages between nerves, signaling muscle contractions. If the neurotransmitter was not broken down after it had served its function, the muscle involved would not be able to relax, and this could create spasms, paralysis, and other problems.
What happens if you eat lead nitrate?
Lead poisoning. Symptoms include abdominal pain and spasms, nausea, vomiting, headache. Acute poisoning can lead to muscle weakness, "lead line" on the gums, metallic taste, definite loss of appetite, insomnia, dizziness, high lead levels in blood and urine with shock, coma and death in extreme cases. Nitrates entering the body by any route (ingestion, inhalation, or absorption), can cause headache vomiting, dizziness, cyanosis, decreased blood pressure, and possibly respiratory paralysis.
What toxin is suspected when a patient presents with progressive descending paralysis that started with difficulty moving eyes and difficulty swallowing?
Botulism
What are the symptoms of 'beri beri'?
Difficulty in walking. Loss of feeling in hands and feet. Speech difficulties. Paralysis of the lower legs.
What might be happening if the patient has the following signs and symptoms confusion headache impaired speech respiratory difficulty paralysis and unconsciousness?
Stroke
What are the main symptoms of Wernicke's syndrome?
include ataxia (difficulty in walking and maintaining balance), paralysis of some of the muscles responsible for movement of the eyes, and confusion
What is the meaning of paralytic?
Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis., Affected with paralysis, or palsy., Inclined or tending to paralysis., A person affected with paralysis.
What are complications of paralysis?
paralysis
What is the plural paralysis?
The plural form of paralysis is paralyses.
What body system is affected by paralysis?
The body's nervous system is affected by paralysis. There are different types of paralysis. These can range from either paralysis from the waist down, or paralysis from the neck down.
What is Todd's paralysis?
Todd's paralysis is a brief period of paralysis that occurs in the aftermath of a seizure.
What is the another name for upper motor neuron paralysis?
spastic paralysis
What term that describes paralysis of the larynx?
Laryngoparalysis or laryngoplegia is paralysis of the larynx or voice box. Another term might be vocal cord paralysis.
What is the Paralysis?
The plural form of paralysis is paralyses.
