Question 1

i look very thin and my body is muscle-less. although i don't have any other weakness or disease but i want to gain some weight.withour side effects.

Accepted Answer

Regular exercise: If you want to gain muscle mass, you need to do high resistance weight training and increase your protein consumption. Be sure to exercise all of your muscle groups and increase the resistance gradually. Vary the exercises that you do to avoid over use injury and to balance your body.

Question 2

what to do about muscle weakness?

Accepted Answer

Find out why: Is it a problem with nerve, muscle, neuromuscular junction, medication rxtn, a progressive problem with the spine, a thyroid disorder, a vitamin deficiency, etc?  Have your doctor examine you and get some testing.  Find out why!

Question 3

what can one-sided muscle weakness/wasting be?

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Many Possibilities: Weakness and wasting on one side can be caused by a number of things, including intervertebral disc disease, intervertebral foraminal stenosis. These irritate or with enough degeneration can cause decreased function in the nerve, which eventually causes strength or wasting issues. There are more potential causes, so it is advisable to be evaluated.

Question 4

what is the definition or description of: muscle weakness?

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Clinical, perceived: Muscle weakness is either a subjective or objective symptom based on history or formalized testing.  As a result, any complaint of weakness needs to be correlated with testing that can bring out that weakness, which sometimes involves putting that muscle in an isolated and 'disadvantaged' scenario to assess adequately.  Such weakness can have multiple etiologies from brain to muscle itself.

Question 5

what is the definition or description of: muscle weakness on one side of body?

Accepted Answer

Hemiparesis: Hemiparesis describes the condition of weakness on one side of the body and not the other.  Although there are multiple potential causes, having had a stroke is one of the most common causes of hemiparesis.

Question 6

what techniques could be used to determine the cause of severe muscle weakness after only mild exercise?

Accepted Answer

Many: The workup would start with metabolic tests, thyroid function tests, serum chemistries, blood counts, and could progress to electromyograms, nerve conduction tests, and also muscle biopsy.

Question 7

muscle  weakness  in my thigh why?

Accepted Answer

Muscle weakness x 1: weakness on one side, in one muscle group, could be due to injury or something called radiculopathy.  The latter is a pinched nerve root in the lower back.  It may also cause pain or numbness.  If you have pain, numbness and weakness on one side, in one muscle group, radiculopathy is the likely answer.

Question 8

what causes muscle weakness in polio?

Accepted Answer

See below: The polio virus attacks the nerves in the spinal cord that supply the muscles. Called motor nerves. Polio does not affect the nerves that deal with sensation. When the nerves die due to the polio virus, the muscles tend to wither and that is what causes the weakness. Post polio syndrome can occur 30-40 years later with new symptoms of weakness and fatigue. It is not a reactivation of the virus.

Question 9

what causes muscle weakness and sleepiness?

Accepted Answer

Narcolepsy?: Some patients have narcolepsy and cataplexy. It is characterized by sudden and transient episodes of bilateral loss of muscle tone without loss of consciousness often triggered by an emotional stimulus such as laughter, surprise, anger, fear or humorous situations. Other reasons are sleep paralysis (weakness on awakening), what could be normal.

Question 10

is muscle weakness part of anxiety?

Accepted Answer

Anxiety: Muscle weakness, tension or fatigue can be part of anxiety symptoms.

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