For example, blood tests of an enzyme called creatine kinase offer a rough estimate of how much muscle damage you’ve sustained. Normal levels are around 100 units per litre; that can soar to 1,000 ...

Most everyone knows creatine. It’s the supplement boosting muscle strength and performance for many. But what about its ...

Other cellular enzymes, especially creatine kinase (CK), also stress the kidney. Damaged muscle tissues also retain body fluids. This can cause dehydration as well as reduce the flow of blood to ...

A 24-year-old beginner at the gym suffered rhabdomyolysis, a dangerous condition where skeletal muscle tissue breaks down rapidly, releasing its contents, after pushing herself too much at the spin ...

Clinically, it is characterized by hyperthermia, muscle rigidity, altered mental status ... autonomic instability, creatine kinase levels, and fever. Using this dataset, we performed logistic ...

The diagnosis is usually based on an elevated blood level of the muscle enzyme creatine kinase (CK), which is released upon damage to muscle cells. The underlying pathological mechanisms are not fully ...

Levels of serum muscle enzymes such as creatine kinase (CK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), asparate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) are usually elevated. However, high levels ...

These revealed significantly elevated creatine kinase (CK) of > 20 000 U/L (Table 1). He reported no muscle pain but was admitted as an ... testing showed normal activity of the cytochrome P450 enzyme ...

In this case, blood tests measuring muscle enzymes, such as creatine kinase (CK), are elevated, indicating muscle injury, and the condition is managed similarly to dermatomyositis or polymyositis. Of ...