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  2. Functional symptom - Wikipedia

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    Functional weakness is weakness of an arm or leg without evidence of damage or a disease of the nervous system. Patients with functional weakness experience symptoms of limb weakness which can be disabling and frightening such as problems walking or a 'heaviness' down one side, dropping things or a feeling that a limb just doesn't feel normal or 'part of them'.

  3. Functional neurologic disorder - Wikipedia

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    Functional neurologic disorder or functional neurological disorder (FND) is a condition in which patients experience neurological symptoms such as weakness, movement problems, sensory symptoms, and convulsions.

  4. Hoover's sign (leg paresis) - Wikipedia

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    Feeling this would indicate an organic cause of the paresis. If the examiner does not feel the "normal" leg's heel pushing down as the patient flexes the hip of the "weak" limb, then this suggests functional weakness (sometimes called "conversion disorder"), i.e. that effort is not being transmitted to either leg. [citation needed]

  5. Functional disorder - Wikipedia

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    There are many different functional disorder diagnoses that might be given depending on the symptom or syndrome that is most troublesome. There are many examples of symptoms that individuals may experience; some of these include persistent or recurrent pain, fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath or bowel problems.

  6. Neurological disorder - Wikipedia

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    Cases involving these symptoms are classified as functional disorders ("functional" in this context is usually contrasted with the old term "organic disease"). For example, in functional neurologic disorder (FND), those affected present with various neurological symptoms such as functional seizures, numbness, paresthesia, and weakness, among ...

  7. Frailty syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Frailty can have various symptoms including muscle weakness (reduced grip strength), slower ... It is a worsening of functional status compared to the normal ...

  8. Monoplegia - Wikipedia

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    Common symptoms associated with monoplegic patients are weakness, numbness, and pain in the affected limb. Monoplegia is a type of paralysis that falls under hemiplegia . While hemiplegia is paralysis of half of the body, monoplegia is localized to a single limb or to a specific region of the body.

  9. Weakness - Wikipedia

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    Weakness is a symptom of many different medical conditions. [1] The causes are many and can be divided into conditions that have true or perceived muscle weakness. True muscle weakness is a primary symptom of a variety of skeletal muscle diseases, including muscular dystrophy and inflammatory myopathy .