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2. Frailty syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Frail elderly patients (score of 4 or 5) have even worse outcomes, with the risk of being discharged to a nursing home rising to twenty times the rate for non-frail elderly people. Another tool that has been used to predict frailty outcome post-surgery is the Modifies Frailty Index, or mFI-5. This scale consists of 5 key co-morbidities: [62]

3. Neuromuscular disease - Wikipedia

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   Further causes of neuromuscular diseases are: Polymyositis. Inflammatory muscle disorders. Polymyalgia rheumatica (or "muscle rheumatism") is an inflammatory condition that mainly occurs in the elderly; it is associated with giant-cell arteritis (It often responds to prednisolone). [18] Polymyositis is an autoimmune condition in which the ...

4. Hurting all over? Here are 10 Common Causes of Body ... - AOL

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   Doing the same motion repeatedly can cause muscles, ligaments, and tendons to become swollen and inflamed, which causes the ache. ... causing muscle breakdown, pain, and fatigue, among other ...

5. Polymyalgia rheumatica - Wikipedia

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   A wide range of symptoms can indicate if a person has polymyalgia rheumatica. The classic symptoms include: [2] [11] Pain and stiffness (moderate to severe) in the neck, shoulders, upper arms, thighs, and hips, which inhibits activity, especially in the morning, but which usually persists to some degree throughout the day.

6. Muscle fatigue - Wikipedia

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   Muscle fatigue is not the same as muscle weakness, though weakness is an initial symptom. Despite a normal amount of force being generated at the start of activity, once muscle fatigue has set in and progressively worsens, if the individual persists in the exercise they will eventually lose their hand grip, or become unable to lift or push with ...

7. What Is Chronic Pain? Here Are the Symptoms, Causes, and ...

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   Chronic pain is any pain that persists or recurs for 3 to 6 months or longer. Acute pain, such as flu-related body aches or pain due to an injury, can be mild or severe but generally goes away ...

8. Exercise intolerance - Wikipedia

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   In a person who does not tolerate exercise well, physical activity may cause unusual breathlessness , muscle pain , tachypnoea (abnormally rapid breathing), inappropriate rapid heart rate or tachycardia (having a faster heart rate than normal), increasing muscle weakness or muscle fatigue; or exercise might result in severe headache, nausea ...

9. Cachexia - Wikipedia

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   Cachexia (/ k ə ˈ k ɛ k s i ə / [1]) is a syndrome that happens when people have certain illnesses, causing muscle loss that cannot be fully reversed with improved nutrition. [2] It is most common in diseases like cancer, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, and AIDS.