When I was first diagnosed with thyroid cancer, I didn't feel any odd lumps or nodules in my neck, but I was suffering from muscle weakness, tiredness and getting constant colds. After a particularly nasty bug I noticed that my lymph nodes never seemed to go down in size.
SIRS is nonspecific and can be caused by ischemia, inflammation, trauma, infection, or several insults combined. Thus, SIRS is not always related to infection. Venn diagram showing overlap of infection, bacteremia, sepsis, systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), and multiorgan dysfunction.
What are the Causes of Coffin-Lowry Syndrome? Coffin-Lowry syndrome is caused by a mutation in the RPS6KA3 gene found on the X chromosome. The defective gene results in the defect in a protein, which is involved in several important functions of the body including in the brain.