• Muscle Atrophy- is the loss of muscle due to the muscle being inactive
• Decrease in mass of the muscle
• Partial or total waste of muscle
• Resticted in movement and possible can be hospitalized
• one side either arm or leg is significantly smaller than the other
• Causes
• rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, injury to the muscles, fracture and burns may cause atrophy
• lack of physical activity
• Aging
• Injuries
• Stroke
• Burns
• Over drinking alcohol
• Symptoms
• One arm or leg is smaller than other
• Weakness of the limb
• Physically inactive
• Diagnosis
• Blood text
• X tat
• MRI
• Nerve biopsy
• EMG
• Treatment
• Exercise
• Physical therapy
• Surgery
• Dietary changes
• Ultrasound therapy
• Prognosis
• depending on the seriousness of the unbalanced muscle, it can take months of physical exercise, or sometimes even surgery

http://diseasespictures.com/muscle-atrophy/

http://www.healthline.com/symptom/muscle-wasting