Muscle rigidity
Muscle rigidity: Introduction
Muscle rigidity: The occurrence of resistance to passively moving a muscle.
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Causes of Muscle rigidity:
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Muscle rigidity: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Medications or substances causing Muscle rigidity:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Muscle rigidity as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Muscle rigidity
Drug interactions causing Muscle rigidity:
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react
causing Muscle rigidity as a symptom.
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including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Venlafaxine and monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant interaction
- Effexor and monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant interaction
- Effexor XR and monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant interaction
- Nefazodone and monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant interaction
- Serzone and monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant interaction
- Paxil (Paroxetine) and Eldepryl (Selegiline) interaction
- Paxil (Paroxetine) and Marplan (Isocarboxazid) interaction
- more interactions...»
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drug interactions causing Muscle rigidity
Definitions of Muscle rigidity:
Motor impairment whereby the hypertonic state is charcterized by bidirectional increased resistance to passive movement.
- (Source - CRISP)
Detailed list of causes of Muscle rigidity
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How Common are these Causes of Muscle rigidity?
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not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Muscle rigidity.
Of the 67
causes of Muscle rigidity that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 0
causes are "very common" diseases
- 1
causes are "common" diseases
- 2
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 3
causes are "rare" diseases
- 3
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 59
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Muscle rigidity
Conditions listing symptoms: Muscle rigidity:
The following list of conditions
have 'Muscle rigidity' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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of any symptom.
B
Baltic myoclonic epilepsy
... muscle rigidityBd syndrome
... muscle rigidityBlack widow spider envenomation
... muscle rigidityBruyn-Scheltens syndrome
... muscle rigidityC
CAMFAK syndrome
... muscle rigidityCerebral Palsy
... muscle rigidityCerebrorenodigital syndrome
... muscle rigidityChemical poisoning - Bentazon
... rigid musclesChemical poisoning - Camphor
... muscle rigidityCongenital myopathy
... rigid musclesD
Degenerative motor system disease
... muscle rigidityDementia, familial British
... muscle rigidityE
Epilepsy, partial, familial
... muscle rigidityG
Grand mal seizures
... rigid musclesH
Hallervorden-Spatz disease
... muscle rigidityHuntington's Disease
... muscle rigidityL
Lhermitte-Cornil-Quesnel syndrome
... rigid musclesM
Malignant hyperthermia susceptibility type 1
... rigid musclesMalignant hyperthermia susceptibility type 2
... rigid musclesMalignant hyperthermia susceptibility type 3
... rigid musclesMalignant hyperthermia susceptibility type 4
... rigid musclesMalignant hyperthermia susceptibility type 5
... rigid musclesMalignant hyperthermia susceptibility type 6
... rigid musclesMediterranean myoclonic epilepsy
... muscle rigidityMental retardation athetosis microphthalmia
... muscle rigidityMuscle Hypertonia
... rigid musclesMyoclonus progressive epilepsy of Unverricht and Lundborg
... muscle rigidityMyositis ossificans
... rigid musclesN
Neonatal tetanus
... Muscle rigidityNeuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
... muscle rigidityNorman-Roberts lissencephaly syndrome
... rigid musclesP
Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration
... muscle rigidityParkinson disease 10
... muscle rigidityParkinson disease 11
... muscle rigidityParkinson disease 12
... muscle rigidityParkinson disease 13
... muscle rigidityParkinson disease 3
... muscle rigidityParkinson disease 4, autosomal dominant, Lewy body
... muscle rigidityParkinson disease 6, autosomal recessive, recessive early-onset
... muscle rigidityParkinson disease 7, autosomal recessive, early-onset
... muscle rigidityParkinson disease 8
... muscle rigidityParkinson disease 9
... muscle rigidityParkinson disease, familial, Type 1
... muscle rigidityPlant poisoning - Tetranortriterpene
... muscle rigidityS
Schindler disease
... muscle rigiditySchindler disease, type 1
... muscle rigiditySerotoninergic syndrome
... rigid musclesSpastic disorders
... muscle rigidityStartle epilepsy
... rigid musclesStiff-Person Syndrome
... muscle rigidityT
Tetanus
... rigid musclesTonic seizure
... rigid musclesTonic-Clonic seizure
... rigid musclesU
Unverricht-Lundborg disease
... muscle rigidityUnverricht-Lundborg syndrome
... muscle rigidity
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Medical Conditions associated with Muscle rigidity:
Muscle spasms (1689 causes), Muscle symptoms (4254 causes), Seizures (2041 causes), Movement symptoms (2556 causes), Spasms (1848 causes)
Symptoms related to Muscle rigidity:
Muscle spasms (1689 causes), Muscle tone symptoms, Paralysis (335 causes), Parkinson's disease, Wilson's disease, Dystonia musculorum deformans, Multiple system atrophy, Basal ganglia calcification, Gegenhalten, Acute cerebral infarction, Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome, Multiple sclerosis, Underactive thyroid gland (1 cause), Neuroleptic-malignant syndrome
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