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Can you recover from years of bed rest and severe muscle wasting? also, does prolonged bed rest cause fatigue? if it causes your heart to atrophy, can that be reversed?

Q: can you recover from years of bed rest and severe muscle wasting? also, does prolonged bed rest cause fatigue? if it causes your heart to atrophy, can that be reversed?

: This sounds exceedingly complex, and not feasible to comment on prognosis in the absence of medical records and both diagnostic and therapeutic information. A far more thorough approach can be achieved via a virtual consult (www.connect@healthtap.com)

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This sounds exceedingly complex, and not feasible to comment on prognosis in the absence of medical records and both diagnostic and therapeutic information. A far more thorough approach can be achieved via a virtual consult (www.connect@healthtap.com)

Answered 7/25/2023

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Can you recover from years of bed rest and severe muscle wasting? also, does prolonged bed rest cause fatigue? if it causes your heart to atrophy, can that be reversed?

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