Causes of Muscle weakness

This section discusses 3860 medical conditions causing Muscle weakness. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Muscle weakness:

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

• Muscle overuse
• Infections
• Flu
• Fluid loss
• Dehydration
• Electrolyte imbalance
• Muscle wasting - see causes of muscle atrophy
• General or progressive muscle weakness causes include:
  • Muscular dystrophy
  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • Becker muscular dystrophy
  • Diabetes
  • Cushing's syndrome
  • Anemia
  • Thyroid disease
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Nerve disorders
  • Lupus
  • Polymyalgia rheumatica
  • Primary aldosteronism
  • Guillain-Barre disease
  • Myasthenia gravis
• Food poisoning
• Familial periodic paralysis
• Medication overdose (type of Medical misadventure)
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• Brain tumor
• Cerebrovascular accident
• Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Herniated disk
• Hypercortisolism
• Multiple sclerosis
• Osteoarthritis
• Parkinson's disease
• Peripheral nerve trauma (see Nerve symptoms)
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Potassium imbalance
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Seizur disorder
• Spinal trauma
• Spinal disease
• Prolonged immobilization
• Motor neurone disease
• Polyneuritis
• Erb-Duchenne palsy
• Distal muscular dystrophy (type of Muscular Dystrophy)
• Dermatomyositis
• Inclusion body myositis
• Osteomalacia
• Cushing syndrome
• Botulism
• Tick bite
• Severe psychological stress
• Syphilis
• Sturge-Weber syndrome
• Bartter syndrome
• Eaton-Lambert syndrome

Causes of Muscle weakness listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Muscle weakness as a symptom include:

- (Source - Diseases Database)

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Muscle weakness:

The following list of conditions have '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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