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Question answered:11/09/06 Warning! this question is over two years old.
The NLH Q&A Service is not able to give diagnoses as that is a clinical decision. However, we can report on potential causes of raised creatine kinase levels.
The American Family Practice Notebook has a section on creatine kinase [1], this reports the following as potential causes:
• Myocardial Infarction
• Myocarditis
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Myositis
• Crush injury or trauma
• Dermatomyositis or Polymyositis
• Vigorous Exercise
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Myxedema
• Seizure
• Malignant hyperthermia
• Intramuscular injections
• Cerebrovascular Accident
• Pulmonary infarction
• Pulmonary Embolus
• Acute Aortic Dissection
The above list should not be considered extensive. A larger list has been created by the ‘Disease Database’ website [2] – see reference section for URL.
References
1) http://www.fpnotebook.com/CV141.htm
2) http://www.diseasesdatabase.com/result.asp?glngUserChoice=17239&bytRel=2&blnBW=False&strBB=RL&blnClassSort=True
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