Key Symptoms Linked To Werner Syndrome

Severe Muscle Atrophy

Muscle atrophy is a process where the tissues that make up an individual's muscles begin to waste away. Healthy individuals may experience muscle atrophy as a result of an injury that makes them immobile for some time or when they reach an advanced age. Muscle atrophy is characterized by smaller limbs than usual and muscle weakness in the affected limb. Individuals who have Werner syndrome can experience degenerative changes that are progressive in all of their connective tissues, even the bones. The fatty layer that underlies an affected individual's skin can waste away, as well as the tissues that give the bones adequate density. Damage to the cells that make up a patient's muscle tissues cannot be repaired or replaced properly, causing the muscle tissues to waste away. The most common muscles affected by severe muscle atrophy in Werner syndrome patients include the muscles in the legs, hands, and feet.

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