Rhabdomyolysis is a rare dangerous condition in which muscles that help the body to move (skeletal or striped muscles), breaks down rapidly and the breakdown products leaks into the blood stream. Some ...

Rhabdomyolysis can be described as a syndrome involving the breakdown of striated muscle, which causes myoglobin and other intracellular proteins and electrolytes to leak into the circulation. Image ...

Left untreated, the muscle injury syndrome known as rhabdomyolysis can be life-threatening. It’s relatively rare: a 2012 study found 382 to 419 cases per year in the U.S. army between the years of ...

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The term rhabdomyolysis is used to describe the breakdown or disintegration of striated muscle. Almost independent of the miscellaneous initial events, the pathogenesis follows a common final pathway ...

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Tilak Varma opens up about his life-threatening battle with rhabdomyolysis on Breakfast with Champions, shares how overexertion led to a rare muscle breakdown condition. (Image: Reuters) In a candid ...