Muscle weakness
Muscle weakness has many different causes ranging in severity from mostly harmless to life-threatening (e.g. stroke). Weakness may affect a single muscle or all muscles in generalized muscle weakness. Causes include muscle injury, nerve disorders, spinal disorders, metabolic
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Causes
Causes of muscle weakness include:
- Muscle injury
- Muscle atrophy
- Muscle flaccidity
- Muscle rupture
- Immobilization (e.g. bed rest; casts; traction)
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Types
The types of muscle weakness are in two main categories:
- Generalized muscle weakness
- Localized muscle weakness
Severe types of muscle
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- Paget’s Disease of Bone: Paget’s Disease of Bone, also called osteitis deformans, is a disease of the bone, with bones that are weaker
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- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) is a nerve compression syndrome affecting the ulnar nerve of the arm. Sometimes the blood vessels
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- Peripheral Neuropathy: Peripheral Neuropathy is nerve damage or nerve inflammation (neuropathy) affecting the peripheral limbs, which means the arms/hands and/or
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Related Symptom Topics
Read more about these related symptoms:
- Weakness- Overview| Causes| Types
- Spinal Symptoms- Overview| Types
- Muscle hypotonia- Overview
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Related Disease and Condition Topics
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