Symptom: Muscle weakness
Muscle weakness: Weakness of the muscles or loss of tone
Detailed cause information for symptom: Muscle weakness:
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Types of Muscle weakness: fatigue (232)
Symptoms related to Muscle weakness: paralysis (65), seizure (119), muscle spasm (0), muscle pain (54), muscle cramps (14), weakness (227)
Muscle weakness type of: Muscle symptoms (208), Weakness (227)
Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups, symptom descriptions
Possible causes of symptom: Muscle weakness: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Muscle weakness as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.
- Muscle overuse
- Infections
- Flu
- Fluid loss
- Dehydration
- Electrolyte imbalance
- Muscle wasting - see causes of muscle atrophy
- General or progressive muscle weakness causes include:
- Muscular dystrophy
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Becker muscular dystrophy
- Diabetes
- Cushing's syndrome
- Anemia
- Thyroid disease
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Nerve disorders (see Nerve symptoms)
- Lupus
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Primary aldosteronism
- Guillain-Barre disease
- Myasthenia gravis
- Food poisoning
- familial periodic paralysis
- Medication overdose (type of Medical misadventure)
Conditions listing symptoms: Muscle weakness: The following list of conditions have 'Muscle weakness' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Conditions listing complications: Muscle weakness: The following list of conditions have 'Muscle weakness' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Last revised: Nov 3, 2003
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