Myopathy is a neuromuscular disease in which the function of the muscle fibers is affected. This can happen due to several reasons. The person suffering from Myopathy experiences severe muscular weakness. Apart from weakness, the patient will also experience the symptoms as stiffness and cramps in the muscles. This may result in pain as well.

Even though it is called as the Nero disease the problem, occurs in the muscles not in the nerves. This can be divided into several types. Some of them are given below.

Congenital Myopathy, muscular dystrophies, mitochondrial myopathies, glycogen storage diseases of muscle myoglobinurias dermatomyositis, myositis ossificans, familial periodic paralysis, polymyositis, inclusion body myositis, and related myopathies, neuromyotonia, stiff-man syndrome, common muscle cramps and stiffness, and tetany.

The treatment will depend upon the cause of the Myopathy. Moreover, the condition of the patient also has an important role in deciding the treatment.  However, at this moment there is no treatment, which can cure the disease completely. The different treatments used are useful for just relieving the patient from the symptoms.

The symptoms are most of the times non-fatal and therefore the patient can lead a long life. In some, even the symptoms are so mild that the life of the patient is hardly affected. However, in some cases it can progress in to a very severe and fatal form. The symptoms become so severe that they can lead to death as well. Therefore, it is very important to find out an effective treatment as early as possible.

Occasionally the patient experiences cramps. Therefore, the cramp relief measures are very important for the treatment of Myopathy. The different options used for treatment is medications, physical therapy, and surgery.

The medications are useful for cramp relief, and pain relief measures. Immunosuppressives are widely are very helpful to the Myopathy patients. The physical therapy will include the things as moving the affected muscle, massage, acupressure, etc. in addition to this supportive braces also are provided to the affected muscles. As the patient of Myopathy experiences severe weakness, generally rest is required. The supportive braces however facilitate limited movements as well.

Unfortunately, many people in through out the world suffer from this fatal disease. The symptomatic treatment is useful to some extent. However, a lot of research is going on everywhere in order to find out the treatment, which can restrict or cure Myopathy. It is hoped that soon such treatment will be available.