Navigation thread
Navigation thread
Mitochondrial Myopathies or Encephalomyopathies
Make a donation
Make a donation
Joint project with . This link opens in a new tab.

Evolution of Mitochondrial Myopathies or Encephalomyopathies

Reading time: 1 min

Overall, the prognosis of these diseases is not good, as the available treatments only improve the symptoms, and do not cure the disease.

Despite this, some of these diseases, such as MELAS or MERFF, have a worse prognosis. In the case of Kearns-Sayre the progression is unpredictable, ranging from fatal cases at an early age to patients who survive up to the age of 80 with the only symptom being drooping eyelids.

Acute complications

The most serious are those that occur in MELAS, which take the form of episodes similar to stroke. Also, in some of these syndromes hyperlactacidaemia (increased lactate in the blood) may occur, and this is very difficult to treat.

Chronic complications

These diseases usually develop slowly (over years), although in some cases, such as MELAS, they occur in a much shorter timeframe and are much more serious.

Read more Research
Joint project with . This link opens in a new tab.

Información general de Muscular diseases or Myopathies

Consulta toda la información relacionada con Muscular diseases or Myopathies

Read more

Substantiated information by:

Jose César Milisenda
Josep M. Grau Junyent

Published: 24 November 2020
Updated: 24 November 2020

The donations that can be done through this webpage are exclusively for the benefit of Hospital Clínic of Barcelona through Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica and not for BBVA Foundation, entity that collaborates with the project of PortalClínic.

Subscribe

Receive the latest updates related to this content.

Thank you for subscribing!

If this is the first time you subscribe you will receive a confirmation email, check your inbox

An error occurred and we were unable to send your data, please try again later.