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  2. Gowers's sign - Wikipedia

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    Gowers's sign is a medical sign that indicates weakness of the proximal muscles, namely those of the lower limb. The sign describes a patient that has to use their hands and arms to "walk" up their own body from a squatting position due to lack of hip and thigh muscle strength. It is named after William Richard Gowers. [1] [2]

  3. Muscle weakness - Wikipedia

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    Muscle weakness is a lack of muscle strength. Its causes are many and can be divided into conditions that have either 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.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Proximal diabetic neuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Proximal diabetic neuropathy, also known as diabetic amyotrophy, is a complication of diabetes mellitus that affects the nerves that supply the thighs, hips, buttocks and/or lower legs. Proximal diabetic neuropathy is a type of diabetic neuropathy characterized by muscle wasting, weakness, pain, or changes in sensation/numbness of the leg.

  6. Here's What An Asthma Attack Actually Feels Like ... - AOL

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    Next up: If You're Living With Asthma, Here's Every Single Treatment Option Available to You. Sources. Joi Lucas, MD, pediatric pulmonologist and author. S. Shahzad Mustafa, MD, allergist and ...

  7. 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]

  8. Becker muscular dystrophy - Wikipedia

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    Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is an X-linked recessive inherited disorder characterized by slowly progressing muscle weakness of the legs and pelvis. It is a type of dystrophinopathy . [ 5 ] [ 3 ] The cause is mutations and deletions in any of the 79 exons encoding the large dystrophin protein , essential for maintaining the muscle fiber's ...

  9. Acute flaccid myelitis - Wikipedia

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    Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a serious condition of the spinal cord. [3] [5] Symptoms include rapid onset of arm or leg weakness and decreased reflexes. [3]Difficulty moving the eyes, speaking, or swallowing may also occur. [3]