Friday 25 May 2018

Neonatal Neuromuscular Disorders

The fundamental manifestations of neuromuscular disease in the newborn period are hypotonia and weakness. Newborn children with extreme hypotonia but only marginal weakness usually do not have a disorder of the lower motor unit. These babies may have hereditary conditions; metabolic unsettling influences; inherent coronary illness;  muscular dystrophy; sepsis;  hypothyroidismspinal muscular atrophy; or other fundamental issue. Extremely reduced antigravity movements and reduced fetal movements and abnormal liquor were frequent but not present consistently in infants with neuromuscular disorders. The most reliable indicators of a neuromuscular disorders are severe muscular weakness and contractures.
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