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The locomotor system is made up of nerves, muscles, and bones that work together and integrate with each other to produce purposeful movements, such as walking, running, picking up objects, writing, or smiling.
Abnormalities in the movement system occur when there is damage or disturbance to the organs included in it. Abnormalities in the movement system can be caused by various factors, such as:
- Genetic factors.
- Infection.
- Damage to the brain, such as a stroke.
- Nerve disorders or damage, including the spinal cord and peripheral nerves.
- Metabolic disorders.
- Side effects of certain drugs.
- Poisoning.
These are the types of abnormalities in the movement system
There are many diseases that can cause abnormalities in the body's movement system, namely:
1. Myasthenia gravis
Myasthenia gravis causes weakening of the skeletal muscles in the body. The cause is a communication disorder between nerve cells and muscle tissue, causing weakened body movements.
Symptoms that appear can vary in each patient, including difficulty speaking or slurred, hoarse voice, shortness of breath, and drooping eyelids. Sufferers may also have difficulty moving, such as getting from a sitting to standing position, lifting objects, or going up and down stairs.
Another symptom that may appear is difficulty in showing facial expressions. People with myasthenia gravis usually also experience visual disturbances, such as blurred or double vision, and difficulty chewing and swallowing.
Generally, myasthenia gravis symptoms arise when the sufferer is active and will improve after resting. Symptoms of this disease can appear slowly and tend to get worse if not treated.
2. Tremor
Tremors are shaking movements that occur repeatedly involuntarily. Tremors generally occur in the hands and head, but can also occur in other parts of the body, such as the legs, abdomen, and vocal cords.
Although generally not life threatening, tremors can interfere with daily activities. People who have tremors will find it difficult to carry out activities or work, such as writing, walking, bribing food, or grasping objects.
Tremors are caused by disturbances in the area of the brain that controls muscle movement. Tremors can occur for no apparent reason, but often this condition is a symptom of an illness.
3. Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease occurs because the body lacks dopamine, which plays a role in regulating body movements. In this condition, there is damage to nerve cells in the brain, resulting in slow and abnormal body movements.
There are three main symptoms of Parkinson's disease, namely tremors, slowed body movement, and muscle stiffness. Other symptoms that may appear are:
- Balance disorders that make sufferers prone to falls and injury.
- Difficulty in walking.
- Speech is slow and incoherent.
- Difficulty in writing.
- Difficult to swallow.
- Difficulty holding in urination or defecation.
- Excess saliva production.
People with Parkinson's disease are also more prone to depression, anxiety, and dementia.
4. Dystonia
Dystonia is a disorder that causes muscles to move on their own involuntarily. This muscle movement can occur in only one limb or all of it. As a result, people with dystonia have strange postures and experience tremors.
The cause of dystonia is a disorder in the part of the brain that functions to control the speed and coordination of body movements.
This movement system disorder can cause symptoms in the form of twitching, tremors, muscle cramps, uncontrollable blinking of the eyes, speech and swallowing disorders, and an abnormal position of one part of the body, such as a tilted neck.
5. Ataxia
Ataxia is caused by abnormalities in the cerebellum and spinal cord that affect the coordination of body movements. Ataxia makes it difficult for a person to move the body smoothly and smoothly.
Symptoms of ataxia include poor coordination of body movements, shaking or tremors, unstable or falling footsteps, changes in speech, difficulty speaking and swallowing, and abnormal eye movements. People with ataxia can also experience disturbances in thinking or emotions, as well as difficulty in writing.
6. Chorea
Chorea is a neuromuscular disorder that causes involuntary body movements to appear. This disease is characterized by repetitive movements that are brief, rapid, and uncontrolled.
Chorea It usually occurs on the face, mouth, arms, hands, and feet. As a result, sufferers experience speech problems, difficulty swallowing, often protruding tongue, difficult to clench hands, to a strange gait.
7. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
ALS is a degenerative disease that interferes with the function of the brain and spinal cord. People with this condition may have difficulty performing certain activities, such as speaking, swallowing, standing, walking, and climbing stairs. To date, no treatment has been found for ALS.
Symptoms of ALS can vary from person to person, depending on the area of the nervous system that is affected. Symptoms that may appear include hoarseness, difficulty swallowing, slurred speech, emotional instability, and excessive saliva production. Other symptoms can include weakness, twitching, shortness of breath, to muscle tissue shrinkage.
In addition to the seven diseases above, there are other disorders of the movement system, which are generally in the form of muscle, bone, and connective tissue disorders. Two of them that often occur are tendinitis and osteoarthritis.
The diseases above often make it difficult for patients to carry out daily activities. If left unchecked, abnormalities in the movement system can even make the sufferer become disabled. Therefore, abnormalities in the movement system need to be immediately consulted by a doctor.