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Can nerve damage lead to muscle wasting ?

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Dr. Scott Keith answered

Specializes in Podiatry

Very Unnerving...: Most definitely, damage to a nerve supplying a muscles will cause the muscle to show varying degrees of degeneration. Several examples could include polio, muscular dystrophy, Lou Gehrig's disease and traumatic severing of the nerve.

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Answered 9/27/2018

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