Symptom
Weakness
A reduction in neuromuscular strength. Often used interchangeably with fatigue or general lethargy. Possible causes are infections (the flu, COVID-19, UTIs), hypothyroidism, nutritional deficiency (vitamin B12, iron, malnutrition), hypokalemia, neurological conditions (stroke, multiple sclerosis, or Guillain-Barré syndrome), lifestyle factors (prolonged inactivity, chronic sleep deprivation), and medications (antihypertensive, statins, antidepressants).
Also known as: Asthenia, Fatigue, Lethargy, Debility, Feebleness, Malaise, Muscle weakness
Referencing diagnoses
- Abdominal compartment syndrome
- Adrenal insufficiency
- Amyloidosis
- Anemia
- Aortic regurgitation
- Aortic stenosis
- Arrhythmia
- Cardiomyopathy
- Celiac disease
- Colorectal cancer
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Epidural hematoma
- Epilepsy
- Esophageal diverticula
- Fat embolism syndrome
- Febrile seizure
- Gastroenteritis
- Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
- Graves disease
- Heart failure
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Hypercalcemia
- Hyperkalemia
- Hypermagnesemia
- Hypernatremia
- Hypokalemia
- Hypomagnesemia
- Hyponatremia
- Hypopituitarism
- Hypovolemia
- Impetigo
- Insulinoma
- Kawasaki disease
- Laryngeal cancer
- Ludwigs angina
- Mesenteric adenitis
- Metastatic bone tumors
- Mitral regurgitation
- Multiple myeloma
- Myocardial infarction
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- Parathyroid cancer
- Pheochromocytoma
- Preeclampsia
- Rectus sheath hematoma
- Renal failure
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Ruptured ectopic pregnancy
- Ruptured ovarian cyst
- Schistosomiasis
- Subdural hematoma
- Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion
- Syphilis
- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
- Tuberculosis
- Vitamin B12 deficiency
- Wegener's granulomatosis
Note: Lists existing diagnoses in Diagnotize only.