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Wrist drop: Flexed position of the hand due to paresis of the muscles in the hand, wrist and fingers. See detailed information below for a list of 7 causes of Wrist drop, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Medical Conditions associated with Wrist drop:
Wrist symptoms (37 causes), Hand weakness (57 causes), Wrist weakness (33 causes), Weakness (3752 causes), Hand symptoms (2016 causes), Arm symptoms (1619 causes), Limb symptoms (3592 causes), Joint symptoms (1430 causes), Pain (6458 causes), Movement symptoms (6001 causes), Sensations (6520 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Sensory symptoms (7134 causes), Muscle symptoms (7251 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Leg symptoms (2751 causes), Musculoskeletal symptoms (6264 causes), Skeletal symptoms (4109 causes), Common symptoms (8589 causes), Body symptoms (5672 causes), Sick (5751 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes)
Symptoms related to Wrist drop:
Weakness (3752 causes), Muscle weakness (4300 causes), Wrist bruise (10 causes), Wrist pain (45 causes), Wrist tingling (10 causes), Wrist weakness (33 causes), Wrist lump (20 causes), Guillian-Barre syndrome, Multiple sclerosis, Myasthenia gravis, Lead intoxication, Congenital hepatic porphyria, Ependymoma, Beri beri, Transient synvitis, Scheurmann's disease, Lead poisoning
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