aetiology
Last reviewed 12/2022
The causes of rhabdomyolysis include:
- muscle trauma:
- blunt trauma
- burns
- polymyositis
- ischaemia
- severe exercise
- convulsions
- infections:
- viral:
- coxsachie
- Epstein-Barr virus
- influenza
- septicaemia
drugs and toxins:
- statin treatment
- alcohol
- heroin abuse
- snake venom
- solvent abuse
- carbon monoxide poisoning
- metabolic:
- hypokalaemia
- congenital:
- McArdle's syndrome