Rare causes
These include:
- cystic fibrosis
- juvenile chronic polyarthritis
- myasthenia gravis
- dermatomyositis, systemic lupus
- muscular dystrophy
- motor neurone disease - very rare in children
- Gilbert's disease
- hyperammonaemia
- regional ileitis
- malignant disease
- congenital or acquired heart disease
- bacterial endocarditis
- chronic obstruction of the airway
- gross obesity
- renal failure
- endocrine causes - hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Cushing's syndrome, Addison's disease
Related pages
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Myasthenia gravis
- Polymyositis and dermatomyositis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Muscular dystrophies
- Motor neurone disease
- Gilbert's disease
- Crohn's disease
- Congenital paediatric cardiac disease
- Infective endocarditis
- Obesity
- Renal failure (chronic, in childhood)
- Hypothyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Cushing's disease
- Addison's disease
- Cystic fibrosis
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