Weakness and Fatigue Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Weakness and fatigue are terms that are often used as if they mean the same thing, but in fact they describe two different sensations.
Weakness ... Weakness is more notable when it is localized. Localized weakness may follow a stroke, flare up of multiple sclerosis, or injury to a nerve. ...
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Weakness
Includes: Balance & Mobility, Managing Incoordination (ataxia), Weakness (asthenia).
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Weakness
Alternate Names : Lack of strength, Muscle weakness
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Weakness: Patients typically complain that they cannot do specific tasks. They may also report limb heaviness or stiffness. Weakness usually has a particular pattern in time, anatomy, or both.
Weaknesses, Muscular
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Definition of medical terminology for Weaknesses, Muscular.
Weakness may be generalized (total body weakness) or localized to only one area, side of the body, limb, or muscle. Weakness is more notable when it is localized.
Weakness and fatigue are terms that are often interchanged but in fact describe two different sensations.
Weakness is a lack of physical or muscle strength and the feeling that extra effort is required to move your arms, legs, or other muscles. If muscle weakness is the result of pain, the person may be able to make muscles work, but it will hurt.
Muscle weakness (hypotonia)
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Weakness has many causes that are best grouped into these categories:
muscle problems, such as deconditioning or a lack of exercise, muscle injuries or inherited muscle defects, such as muscular dystrophy ...
As the weakness of the muscles goes on progressively increasing, the characteristic attitude and gait become more and more marked.
Facial Nerve Weakness - Bell Palsy
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Debility is a broad medical term used to describe someone who is in a state of weakness and often refers to a loss of ability.
Weakness. This starts in the extremities such as the feet and hands, and moves upwards towards the centre of the body. The legs are affected more often than the arms.
Weakness, fatigue, and lack of endurance. Cancer treatments can make even the smallest things a big struggle — like walking up stairs or carrying schoolbooks.
Weakness and frailty
Frail people are at risk of unpredictable falls because of a generally more vulnerable state and a combination of factors, which lead to a predisposition to falling, ...
Weakness: Treatment failure was defined as an increase of 5 degrees in the curve. This is not always a clinically important change. For example, the curve could progress from 25 to 30 degrees and require no further treatment.
Weakness in the legs or "foot drop." Once the pressure reaches a critical level, weakness can occur in one or both legs. Some patients will have a foot-drop, or the feeling that their foot slaps on the ground while walking.
Weakness affecting only the legs and not the arms. As such, paraparesis affects the ability to walk.
Sudden weakness, numbness or paralysis in your face, arm or leg, typically on one side of your body
Slurred or garbled speech or difficulty understanding others
Sudden blindness in one eye ...
Muscle weakness and degeneration
Muscle weakness and degeneration are slowly progressive, affecting a distinct pattern of muscles. This pattern includes the muscles of the upper arms and the muscles of the lower legs.
Weakness involving the facial muscles or shoulders is usually the first symptom of this condition. Facial muscle weakness often makes it difficult to turn up the corners of the mouth when smiling, drink from a straw, or whistle.
Weakness in the muscles of the hands and feet.
Ankle weakness, with ‘rolling-over' - this is a common early symptom; later, the person loses the ability to bend their foot upward ...
Weakness of extraocular muscle groups including, the orbicularis oculi muscle as well as facial and limb muscles may be present in up to 25% of patients with CPEO.
Weakness and fatigue are the most common symptoms of even mild anemia. Even iron deficiency without anemia can reduce working capacity in some people.
Shortness of breath on exertion
Rapid heartbeat
Lightheadedness or dizziness
Headache ...
Weakness
Pituitary surgery is usually successful in limiting growth hormone production. Apart from medication and surgery, radiation therapy has also been used to bring growth hormone levels to normal.
Weakness progresses, often rapidly, from the head to involve the neck, arms, thorax, and legs. The weakness is mostly symmetrical but may occasionally be asymmetric.
Weakness. [Buchan1798]
The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) [syn: infirmity, frailty, feebleness, frailness]. [Wordnet]
Example from a Civil War Hospital Record: ...
Weakness of the neck muscles with slight spasticity of the muscles of the lower extremities and increased tendon reflexes; supposed to be an attenuated sporadic form of acute poliomyelitis.
weakness of the muscles of the shoulder and hips
wasting of the muscles of the shoulder and hips
painful, swollen joints ...
Weakness
Numbness or tingling
Speech disturbances
Visual changes
Confusion, memory loss
Seizures
Infection
Adverse reaction to anesthesia (eg, light-headedness, low blood pressure, wheezing)
Kidney damage
Blood clots (stroke) ...
Weakness of one side of the face, the onset of which is usually quite rapid - over a few hours.
Some or all of the following symptoms may also be present on the same side as the weakness: ...
weakness
enlarged lymph nodes
The symptoms of thrombocythemia may resemble other blood disorders or medical problems. Always consult your physician for a diagnosis.
Weakness or numbness of the face, arm, or leg on one side of the body
Difficulties with speech and understanding what others are saying
Problems with vision - dimness or loss of vision, particularly in one eye
Dizziness
Problems with walking ...
Weakness, which gets worse over time, can vary from day to day. Stress, infection, or other factors can make symptoms worse. You may have symptom-free periods (remissions) followed by recurrences of symptoms (relapses).
Weakness and fatigue
Pale skin
Shortness of breath
Decreased energy
Bleeding or bruising-This happens because there are not enough platelets. Tiny red spots, called petechiae, may also appear.
weakness
dry, itching, and peeling skin days after the burn
Severe sunburns may cause a person to go into shock, which is characterized by fainting, low blood pressure, and severe weakness. Immediate medical attention is necessary if this occurs.
Weakness and fatigue
May raise risk of problems linked to heart failure
Stroke
Your brain is deprived of oxygen because its blood supply has been significantly decreased or cut off.
Weakness or paralysis on one side of the body, or in one arm or leg
Muscle stiffness or muscle spasms
Balance or coordination problems ...
Weakness
Muscle cramps or twitching
Pain
Difficulty with walking
Tingling around the mouth, fingers, and toes
Excessive nervousness
Loss of memory
Personality change or mood swings ( anxiety )
Blurred vision due to cataracts
Hoarseness ...
Weakness or paralysis on one side of the body
Trouble speaking or understanding speech
Loss of vision in one eye
Muscle weakness
Sudden trouble walking
Dizziness
Loss of balance or coordination
Sudden severe headache ...
Weakness / Severe Fatigue
Headache / Dizziness
Swollen Lymph Nodes, Spleen, or Liver
Nose or Gum Bleeds
Weight Loss
Visual and Neurological Dysfunction
Bruises, Bleeding, or Skin Lesions
Night Sweats
Pain / Numbness in Extremities ...
Weakness or loss of sensation can be signs of damage to specific nerve roots or to the spinal cord. Reflexes are often reduced.
The following tests may be done: ...
Weakness, headaches, and fatigue are usually the first symptoms of secondary polycythemia . Patients may feel lightheaded or experience shortness of breath .
Weakness or inability to move the arms or legs.
Continuous numbness of one or both arms or legs.
Loss of bowel or bladder control.
Neck pain that occurs with chest pain and other symptoms of a heart attack. These include: ...
weakness or numbness in legs
rib pain
The symptoms of myeloma bone disease may resemble other bone disorders or medical problems. Always consult your physician for a diagnosis.
Weakness or loss of muscle strength, often in response to a strong emotion.
Sleepwalking or sleep talking.
Hypertension, or high blood pressure.
Weakness, tingling or loss of sensation in your legs and feet
Weakness in your arms or upper body
Numbness, tingling, prickling sensation or moderate pain throughout your body ...
weakness or paralysis, usually on one side of the body
difficulty swallowing (called dysphagia)
extreme tiredness
problems with speech, reading and writing
problems with vision - such as double vision, or partial blindness ...
Weakness begins in the feet and legs and may move up to the arms and head
May get worse over 24 to 72 hours
May start in the arms and move downward
May begin in the arms and legs at the same time
May occur in the nerves of the head only ...
Weakness, numbness, or other loss of nerve function may indicate that an aneurysm may be causing pressure on adjacent brain tissue.
Weakness and fatigue
Light-headedness and dizziness
Palpitations and rapid heartbeat
Shortness of breath
A sore tongue that has a red, beefy appearance
Nausea or poor appetite
Weight loss
Diarrhea
Yellowish tinge to the skin and eyes ...
Weakness of the arms or legs.
Feeling very tired.
A tumor can damage the bone and cause hypercalcemia (a condition in which there is too much calcium in the blood).
Weakness of One Side of Body
High Blood Pressure Management
Cerebral Angiography
Anticoagulant Prophylaxis
Visual Impairment
Neurologist ...
weakness, numbness, pain, and loss of sensation in the legs.
In most cases the symptoms improve when the patient is sitting or leaning forward. Typically, painful sensations shoot down the legs with continued walking, and diminish with resting.
weakness experienced when a person has the flu, a cold, or other illness,
seasickness or motion sickness,
queasiness, nausea, or vomiting ...
Weakness, lightheadedness, or dizziness
Shortness of breath, which might require you to be less active or sleep with several pillows
A rapid heart rate, even while resting ...
Weakness or feeling tired.
Fever.
Easy bruising or bleeding.
Petechiae (flat, pinpoint spots under the skin caused by bleeding).
Shortness of breath.
Weight loss or loss of appetite.
Pain in the bones or stomach.
Weakness, numbness, or other nervous system problems
Abdominal swelling and diarrhea
Heart problems, such as weakness and shortness of breath ...
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