kidney and urinary tract disorders
Rhabdomyolysis
Symptoms of Rhabdomyolysis
The 3 classic symptoms of rhabdomyolysis are muscle pain, weakness, and reddish-brown or tea-colored urine (caused by high levels of the red-pigmented protein myoglobin in the blood). However, this trio of symptoms is present in less than 10% of all people with rhabdomyolysis. The symptoms of rhabdomyolysis vary, and many people have no muscle complaints at all. When present, muscle pain tends to affect the shoulders, thighs, lower back, and calves. Other signs and symptoms depend on the cause of the original muscle injury as well as on the complications of that injury (for example, fever in people with infection or changes in alertness in intoxicated people). Acute Kidney Injury is very common, occurring in 15 to 50% of people who have rhabdomyolysis complications. Occasionally, rhabdomyolysis is complicated by 