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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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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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