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Causes could include:
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Injuries
- Myasthenia Gravis
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Aging Process
- Birth Defects
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Drooping eyelid can be caused by the normal aging process, a congenital abnormality (present before birth), or the result of an injury or disease.
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Ptosis may occur because the levator muscle's attachment to the lid is weakening with age. Acquired ptosis can also be caused by a number of different things, such as disease that impairs the nerves, diabetes, injury, tumors, inflammation, or aneu...
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Myasthenia gravis is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by variable weakness of voluntary muscles, which often improves with rest and worsens with activity. The condition is caused by an abnormal immune response.
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Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness.
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Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness.
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Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness.
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Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by fatigue and muscular weakness, especially in the face and neck, that results from a breakdown in the normal communication between nerves and muscles caused by the deficiency o...
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Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness. It affects the neuromuscular junction, interrupting the communication between nerve and muscle, and thereby causing weakness. People with MG may have difficulty moving th...
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Birth defects are physical abnormalities that are present at birth; they are also called congenital abnormalities. More than 3,000 have been identified.
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Question: Does folic acid use help prevent birth defects? Answer: There is good evidence that you can reduce the risk of certain birth defects (spina bifida , anencephaly, and some heart defects) by taking a daily dose of 400 micrograms folic acid...
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Any unusual variation or abnormality in the shape, structure, and/or function of an organ, body part, or tissue is commonly referred to as a birth defect. However, congenital anomaly is the more accurate and preferred term, since birth defect can ...
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Defects present at birth, resulting from hereditary factors, environmental influences, or maternal illness. Birth or congenital defects are present at birth and result from hereditary factors, environmental influences, or maternal illness. Such de...
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A congenital anomaly may be viewed as a physical, metabolic, or anatomic deviation from the normal pattern of development that is apparent at birth or detected during the first year of life. Under this definition, Mendelian genetic disorders (e.g....
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