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Weakness, muscle

Symptoms: Weakness
Classifying Weakness Tables

  • in acute intermittent porphyria

  • Acute Intermittent Porphyria: Symptoms

  • age-related (sarcopenia)

  • Effects of Aging

  • in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  • Muscle Stimulation Disorders: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease)

  • in Bell's palsy

  • Bell's Palsy

  • in botulism

  • Neuromuscular Junction Disorders: Botulism

  • in brachial plexus disorders

  • Plexus Disorders: Symptoms

  • in Brown-Séquard syndrome

  • Radiation Damage

  • in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

  • Hereditary Neuropathies: Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

  • in Guillain-Barré syndrome

  • Polyneuropathy: Guillain-Barré Syndrome

  • in kidney failure

  • Chronic Kidney Failure: Symptoms

  • in muscular dystrophy

  • Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophies

  • in myasthenia gravis

  • Neuromuscular Junction Disorders: Myasthenia Gravis

  • in myotonic dystrophy

  • Other Forms of Muscular Dystrophy: Myotonic Myopathies

  • in periodic paralysis

  • Periodic Paralysis

  • in polymyositis

  • Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis: Symptoms

  • in progressive supranuclear palsy

  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

  • in respiratory failure

  • What Causes Respiratory Failure? Tables

  • in spinal muscular atrophy

  • Spinal Muscular Atrophies

  • testing of

  • Diagnosis: Physical Examination

  • in vitamin B12 deficiency

  • Vitamin B12: Symptoms

    Weaning, of infant

    Feeding: Weaning

    Webs, esophageal

    Obstruction: Esophageal Webs

    Wegener's granulomatosis

    Wegener's Granulomatosis
    Acute Kidney Failure: Symptoms
    Inflammation

    Weight

  • achalasia and

  • Abnormal Propulsion of Food: Symptoms

  • of adolescent

  • Physical Development
    Obesity

  • body composition and

  • Fat Versus Lean: Body CompositionSidebar

  • children's charts for

  • Height and Weight Charts for Boys and GirlsFigures

  • gain of

  • see also Obesity
    Calories
    Obesity

  • in infant

  • An Infant's First Year: Physical DevelopmentFigures
    Failure to Thrive

  • during pregnancy

  • Self-Care: Diet and Weight

  • vs. height

  • Height-Weight Reference Chart for Adults* Tables

  • loss of

  • Calories
    Obesity: Diagnosis and Treatment

  • in anorexia nervosa

  • Anorexia Nervosa

  • in cancer

  • Symptoms: Weight Loss and Fatigue

  • in coronary artery disease prevention

  • Coronary Artery Disease: Obesity

  • diets for

  • Diets: Weight Loss Diets
    Obesity: Diet and Nutritional Counseling

  • drugs for

  • Obesity: Drugs

  • in high blood pressure

  • High Blood Pressure: Treatment

  • in HIV infection

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Symptoms

  • in polycystic ovary syndrome

  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): Treatment

  • surgery for

  • Obesity: Surgery
    Bypassing Part of the Digestive TractFigures

  • in undernutrition

  • Undernutrition: Symptoms

  • metric equivalents for

  • Weights and Measures

  • of newborn

  • Physical Examination

  • of premature infant

  • Prematurity: Symptoms

  • pre-pregnancy

  • Risk Factors Present Before Pregnancy: Physical Characteristics

  • in preventive care

  • Selected Screening Schedule for AdultsTables

    Weight lifter's back

    Low Back Pain: Causes

    Weight lifter's syncope

    Fainting: Reduced Blood Flow

    Weight lifting

    Starting an Exercise Program: Strength Training

    Weil's syndrome

    Leptospirosis: Symptoms and Diagnosis

    Well-child visits

    Preventive Health Care Visits
    Preventive Health Care Visits
    Preventive Health Care Visits

    Werdnig-Hoffmann disease

    Spinal Muscular Atrophies

    Werner's syndrome

    Disorders of Accelerated Aging: Werner's Syndrome

    Wernicke's aphasia

    Specific Types of Dysfunction: Aphasia
    Testing a Person With AphasiaSidebar

    Wernicke's encephalopathy

    Specific Types of Dysfunction: Amnesia
    Alcohol: Symptoms and Complications

    Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

    Specific Types of Dysfunction: Amnesia
    Alcohol: Symptoms and Complications
    Thiamin: Brain Abnormalities

    Western equine encephalitis

    Viral Infections: Arbovirus Encephalitis

    West Nile encephalitis

    Viral Infections: Arbovirus Encephalitis

    Wet-lung syndrome

    Transient Tachypnea

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