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Constant distal muscle weakness

Constant distal muscle weakness: Introduction

Constant distal muscle weakness: Constant distal muscle weakness is a loss of strength in distal muscles that is steady and continual. See detailed information below for a list of 16 causes of Constant distal muscle weakness, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Constant distal muscle weakness:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Constant distal muscle weakness. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Guillain-Barre syndrome
• Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome
• Spinal muscular atrophy
• Trauma resulting in nerve compression
• Juvenile segmental spinal muscular atrophy
• Miller-Fisher syndrome
• Tick paralysis
• Juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• Giant axonal neuropathy
• Vitamin B12 deficiency
• Uremic neuropathy
• Idiopathic axonal neuropathy
• Hereditary distal myopathy
• Inclusion body myopathy
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• more causes...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing and Constant distal muscle weakness

Home medical tests possibly related to Constant distal muscle weakness:

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Constant distal muscle weakness: Symptom Checker

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

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• Constant distal muscle weakness and Descending weakness in the muscles of the extremities (8 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Descending weakness in the muscles of the trunk (8 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Distal muscle weakness in children (8 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Movement symptoms (8 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Muscle symptoms (8 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Musculoskeletal symptoms (8 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Nerve symptoms (8 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Paralysis of the muscles in the trunk (8 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Progressive descending muscle weakness (8 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Face symptoms (7 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Head symptoms (7 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Limb symptoms (7 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Muscle weakness (7 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Paralysing weakness in the muscles of the extremities (7 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Progressive descending myalgia (7 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Sudden onset of descending weakness in the muscles of the trunk (7 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Sudden onset of distal musle weakness (7 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Thoracic muscle weakness (7 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Weakness (7 causes)
• Constant distal muscle weakness and Hypoactive deep tendon reflexes (6 causes)
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Constant distal muscle weakness: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Constant distal muscle weakness may include these symptoms:

• Descending weakness in the muscles of the extremities
• Descending weakness in the muscles of the trunk
• Distal muscle weakness in children
• Movement symptoms
• Muscle symptoms
• Musculoskeletal symptoms
• Nerve symptoms
• Paralysis of the muscles in the trunk
• Progressive descending muscle weakness
• more associated symptoms...»

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Muscle symptoms (7251 causes)
• Musculoskeletal symptoms (6264 causes)
• Movement symptoms (6001 causes)
• Brain symptoms (2787 causes)
• Neurological symptoms (9575 causes)
• Nerve symptoms (9132 causes)
• Head symptoms (10192 causes)
• more symptoms...»

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Constant distal muscle weakness: Deaths

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Misdiagnosis and Constant distal muscle weakness

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Constant distal muscle weakness: Research Related Doctors & Specialists

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Constant distal muscle weakness: Undiagnosed Conditions

Conditions that are commonly undiagnosed in related areas may include:

• Fatigue Disorders -- serious diseases that may be undiagnosed:
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  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Fatigue -- Undiagnosed
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  • Thyroid Disease -- Undiagnosed
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Detailed list of causes of Constant distal muscle weakness

The list below shows some of the causes of Constant distal muscle weakness mentioned in various sources:

• Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome
• Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)
• Giant axonal neuropathy
• Guillain-Barre syndrome
• Hereditary distal myopathy
• more causes...»

See full list of 16 causes of Constant distal muscle weakness

How Common are these Causes of Constant distal muscle weakness?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Constant distal muscle weakness. Of the 16 causes of Constant distal muscle weakness 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
• 1 causes are "rare" diseases
• 1 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 15 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 16 causes of Constant distal muscle weakness

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Constant distal muscle weakness:

The following list of conditions have 'Constant distal 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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Causes of Constant distal muscle weakness Based on Risk Factors

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Medical Conditions associated with Constant distal muscle weakness:

Muscle symptoms (7251 causes), Musculoskeletal symptoms (6264 causes), Movement symptoms (6001 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes)

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