Though, older people are at risk for sarcopenia, muscle wasting, which is linked to a higher risk for death from all causes.

尽管如此，老年人面临着肌萎缩和肌肉萎缩的风险，这与各种原因导致的死亡风险更高有关。

Resulting from the increased breakdown of most types of tissue, the individual presents with muscle wasting and thin extremities, skin thinning, easy bruising and abdominal striae or lines as well as fractures due to osteoporosis or brittle bones.

大多数组织分解导致患者出现肌肉萎缩和四肢瘦弱、皮肤变薄、易出现瘀伤和腹部出现皮纹，以及由骨质疏松或骨骼脆弱引起的骨折。

And a few years later, I was diagnosed with a recessive genetic condition called hereditary inclusion body myopathy, or HIBM. It's a progressive muscle wasting disease that affects all of my muscles from head to toe.

几年后，我被诊断出患有一种称为遗传性包涵体肌病或 HIBM 的隐性遗传病。这是一种进行性肌肉萎缩疾病，会影响我从头到脚的所有肌肉。