What Is Sarcopenia?
5. Chronic Disease
Sarcopenia is also likely to occur more quickly in people that have other, chronic health conditions. Such diseases can put a lot of stress on the body, and this can encourage the breakdown of the muscle tissue. Chronic diseases can also contribute to sarcopenia because they will often make the patient less active than otherwise.
People with chronic kidney disease, for example, are more prone to sarcopenia, as are people with chronic liver disease. People that have chronic heart failure are also more prone to developing the condition. Another contributing factor in many cases is cancer, and treatment for cancer.
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