Carnitine Deficiency
Carnitine deficiency is one of a group of muscle diseases that interfere with the processing of fats for energy production. Symptoms include weakness in the hips, shoulders, upper arms, and may include weakened facial and tongue muscles, and may include a weakened heart muscle. Other tissue systems of the body can be affected, leading to low blood sugar, growth retardation in infant or childhood onset form, fatgue, vomiting, abdominal pain, brain function abnormalities. Carnitine Deficiency can be autosomal recessive, caused by the inheritance of a defective gene from each parent,in which case it is called Primary Carnitine Deficiency; or it can be triggered by another metabolic disease, in which case it is called Secondary Carnitine Deficiency.
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