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Claw hand

Claw hand: Introduction

Claw hand: Claw hand is a deformity of the hand that causes abnormally bent fingers and gives the hand the appearance of an animal's claw. See detailed information below for a list of 33 causes of Claw hand, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Claw hand:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Claw hand. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Congenital defect
• Nerve damage
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
• Spinal cord injuries
• Ulnar nerve damage
• more causes...»

See full list of 33 causes of Claw hand

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Causes of Types of Claw hand:

Review causes of types of Claw hand in more specific categories:

• Claw hand in children (4 causes)
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Claw hand: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Claw hand, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Claw hand and Hand symptoms (29 causes)
• Claw hand and Limb symptoms (29 causes)
• Claw hand and Head symptoms (23 causes)
• Claw hand and Face symptoms (22 causes)
• Claw hand and Muscle symptoms (20 causes)
• Claw hand and Skeletal symptoms (20 causes)
• Claw hand and Nerve symptoms (19 causes)
• Claw hand and Ear symptoms (18 causes)
• Claw hand and Foot symptoms (18 causes)
• Claw hand and Leg symptoms (18 causes)
• Claw hand and Movement symptoms (18 causes)
• Claw hand and Musculoskeletal symptoms (18 causes)
• Claw hand and Finger symptoms (17 causes)
• Claw hand and Bone symptoms (16 causes)
• Claw hand and Developmental problems (16 causes)
• Claw hand and Growth symptoms (14 causes)
• Claw hand and Infant symptoms (14 causes)
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Stories from Users for Claw hand

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Claw hand: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Claw hand may include these symptoms:

• Hand symptoms
• Limb symptoms
• Head symptoms
• Face symptoms
• Muscle symptoms
• Skeletal symptoms
• Nerve symptoms
• Ear symptoms
• Foot symptoms
• Leg symptoms
• more associated symptoms...»

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Hand symptoms (2016 causes)
• Limb symptoms (3592 causes)
• Leg symptoms (2751 causes)
• Arm symptoms (1619 causes)
• more symptoms...»

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• Claw
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• Hand symptoms (2016 causes)
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• Hand disorder
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Claw hand

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Claw hand:

• Congenital abnormality
• Nerve damage (48 causes)
• Bent fingers
• Splinting
• Ulnar nerve
• more symptoms...»

Claw hand: Research Related Doctors & Specialists

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Definitions of Claw hand:

Claw hand: clawhand
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Detailed list of causes of Claw hand

The list below shows some of the causes of Claw hand mentioned in various sources:

• Ampola syndrome - claw hand
• Angiokeratoma -- mental retardation -- coarse face - claw hand
• Arthrogryposis -- ophthalmoplegia -- retinopathy - claw hand
• Arthrogryposis IUGR thoracic dystrophy - claw hand
• Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita neurogenic type - claw hand
• Aural atresia -- multiple congenital anomalies -- mental retardation - claw hand
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See full list of 33 causes of Claw hand

How Common are these Causes of Claw hand?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Claw hand. Of the 33 causes of Claw hand that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 1 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 0 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 32 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 33 causes of Claw hand

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Claw hand:

The following list of conditions have 'Claw hand' 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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A

• Ampola syndrome ... claw hand
• Angiokeratoma -- mental retardation -- coarse face ... claw hand
• Arthrogryposis -- ophthalmoplegia -- retinopathy ... claw hand
• Arthrogryposis IUGR thoracic dystrophy ... claw hand
• Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita neurogenic type ... claw hand
• Aural atresia -- multiple congenital anomalies -- mental retardation ... claw hand

B

• Blepharophimosis -- nasal groove -- growth delay ... claw hand
• Blepharophimosis -- nasal groove -- growth retardation ... claw hand

C

• Camptodactyly -- fibrous tissue hyperplasia -- skeletal dysplasia ... claw hand
• Camptodactyly, fibrous tissue hyperplasia, and skeletal dysplasia ... claw hand
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease -- deafness ... claw hands
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 1B ... claw hands
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 1E ... claw hands
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 2F ... claw hands
• Chondrodysplasia punctata with steroid sulfatase deficiency ... claw hand
• Chromosome 1, monosomy 1p22 p13 ... claw hand
• Chromosome 15, trisomy mosaicism ... claw hand
• Chromosome 15q duplication mosaicism ... Claw hand
• Craniofacial dysostosis -- arthrogryposis -- progeroid appearence ... claw hand

F

• Frontonasal dysplasia -- phocomelic upper limbs ... claw hand

H

• Hypoplasia of the tibia with polydactyly ... claw hand

M

• Mental retardation unusual facies ampola type ... claw hand
• Mental retardation, Wolff type ... claw hand
• Muller-Barth-Menger syndrome ... claw hands

O

• Oral facial digital syndrome, type 4 ... claw hand

P

• Pitt-Hopkins syndrome ... claw hand

S

• Stratton-Parker syndrome ... claw hand

U

• Unusual facies, macrocephaly, aplasia of corpus callosum, seizures, hypertrichosis, claw hands and overlapping fingers ... claw hands

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Classifications of Claw hand:

Medical Conditions associated with Claw hand:

Hand symptoms (2016 causes), Limb symptoms (3592 causes), Leg symptoms (2751 causes), Arm symptoms (1619 causes)

Symptoms related to Claw hand:

Congenital abnormality, Nerve damage (48 causes), Bent fingers, Splinting, Ulnar nerve

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Claw hand

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