Causes of Wrist drop

This section discusses 7 medical conditions causing Wrist drop. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Wrist drop:

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

• Guillain-Barre syndrome
• Multiple sclerosis
• Myasthenia gravis
• Radial nerve injury
• Lead intoxication

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Wrist drop:

The following list of conditions have 'Wrist drop' 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.

Select from the following alphabetical view of conditions which include a symptom of Wrist drop or choose View All.

C

• Congenital hepatic porphyria ... wrist drop

L

• Lead poisoning ... wrist drop

More Information About Wrist drop

• Wrist drop: Introduction
• Symptom combinations for Wrist drop

List of 7 causes of Wrist drop

This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Wrist drop in our database from various sources.

• Congenital hepatic porphyria - wrist drop
• Guillain-Barre syndrome
• Lead intoxication
• Lead poisoning - wrist drop
• Multiple sclerosis
• Myasthenia gravis
• Radial nerve injury

Wrist drop: Tools

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