Hypoactive DTRs

Hypoactive DTRs: Introduction

Hypoactive DTRs: hypoactive deep tendon reflexes (DTRs) are abnormally diminished muscle contractions that occur in response to a sudden stretch induced by sharply tapping the muscle's tendon of insertion. See detailed information below for a list of 17 causes of Hypoactive DTRs, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Hypoactive DTRs:

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

• Botulism
• Cerebellar dysfunction
• Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Hypothyroidism
• Musclur dystrophy
• Spinal cord injury
• Friedreich's ataxia
• Pre-eclampsia
• more causes...»

See full list of 17 causes of Hypoactive DTRs

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Common Causes of Hypoactive DTRs

• Botulism
• Cerebellar dysfunction
• Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Hypothyroidism
• Musclur dystrophy
• more common causes...»

Hypoactive DTRs Treatments

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Muscle symptoms (7251 causes)
• Movement symptoms (6001 causes)
• Musculoskeletal symptoms (6264 causes)
• Nerve symptoms (9132 causes)
• Neurological symptoms (9575 causes)
• Reflex symptoms (469 causes)
• Tendon symptoms (412 causes)
• Brain symptoms (2787 causes)
• Head symptoms (10192 causes)
• Autonomic nerve symptoms (345 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Hypoactive DTRs

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Hypoactive DTRs:

• Botulism
• Cerebellar dysfunction
• Guillain-Barre syndrome (5 causes)
• Hypothyroidism (106 causes)
• Muscular dystrophy
• Spinal cord injury (15 causes)
• Friedreich's ataxia
• Pre-eclampsia
• more symptoms...»

Detailed list of causes of Hypoactive DTRs

The list below shows some of the causes of Hypoactive DTRs mentioned in various sources:

• Barbiturates
• Botulism
• Cerebellar dysfunction
• Curare
• Drugs
• Friedreich's ataxia
• Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Hypothyroidism
• more causes...»

See full list of 17 causes of Hypoactive DTRs

How Common are these Causes of Hypoactive DTRs?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Hypoactive DTRs. Of the 17 causes of Hypoactive DTRs that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 0 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 4 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 14 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 17 causes of Hypoactive DTRs

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Hypoactive DTRs:

The following list of conditions have 'Hypoactive DTRs' 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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Classifications of Hypoactive DTRs:

Medical Conditions associated with Hypoactive DTRs:

Muscle symptoms (7251 causes), Movement symptoms (6001 causes), Musculoskeletal symptoms (6264 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Reflex symptoms (469 causes), Tendon symptoms (412 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes), Autonomic nerve symptoms (345 causes)

Symptoms related to Hypoactive DTRs:

Botulism, Cerebellar dysfunction, Guillain-Barre syndrome (5 causes), Hypothyroidism (106 causes), Muscular dystrophy, Spinal cord injury (15 causes), Friedreich's ataxia, Pre-eclampsia

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