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Overview

Injuries leading to rhabdomyolysis can be due to mechanical, physical, and chemical causes.

Causes

Mechanical Causes

Physical causes

  • Electric current
  • Extreme physical exertion (although most heavy exercise does not cause kidney damage)[1]
  • High fever or hyperthermia

Chemical causes

References

  1. Clarkson P, Kearns A, Rouzier P, Rubin R, Thompson P (2006). "Serum creatine kinase levels and renal function measures in exertional muscle damage". Med Sci Sports Exerc. 38 (4): 623–7. PMID 16679975.
  2. Larbi EB (1998). "Drug-induced rhabdomyolysis". Annals of Saudi medicine. 18 (6): 525–30. PMID 17344731.
  3. Chabria SB (2006). "Rhabdomyolysis: a manifestation of cyclobenzaprine toxicity". Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England). 1: 16. doi:10.1186/1745-6673-1-16. PMID 16846511.

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