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Difficulty climbing stairs
Difficulty climbing stairs is a symptom in which a person has trouble going up steps, maybe due to heart failure, breathing problems, muscle weakness, joint pains, etc
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 43-year old asked:
Would simple deconditioning give people difficulty climbing stairs?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Difficulty climbing stairs?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I am experiencing knee pain, knee swelling, difficulty getting up from a chair, difficulty climbing stairs, knee buckling, knee pop, knee weakness and unable to bear weight.
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A 18-year old female asked:
I am experiencing hip pain, back pain (side: lower) and difficulty walking. The following also describe me: Knee pain, Difficulty climbing stairs, and Difficulty getting up from a chair. What should I do?
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A 16-year old female asked:
I am experiencing knee pain, pain shooting down the leg, difficulty walking, knee buckling, unable to bear weight, difficulty climbing stairs, difficulty getting up from a chair and popping or snapping sound from knee joint. The following also describe m
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A 41-year old female asked:
I am experiencing knee pain, difficulty walking, knee swelling, unable to bear weight, difficulty climbing stairs, severe pain in extremity and popping or snapping sound from joint.
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A 38-year old female asked about a female:
My daughter is experiencing ankle swelling, ankle pain, knee pain, knee swelling, flatfeet, calf pain and legs cramping. The following also describe her: Stiff joints, Difficulty walking, Joint swelling, Difficulty climbing stairs, Difficulty getting up
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A 24-year old female asked:
Feeling shaky knees from past 1 month the problem is increasing gradually started from difficulty in climbing stairs now cant walk properly..age=24/F?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Pain in my right thigh side and front near thigh hip joint till knee, lower backand at head and neck joint difficulty in climbing stairs & rsing leg?
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A 33-year old asked:
What could cause someone to have difficulty climbing maybe 6 stairs?
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A 50-year old female asked:
Hi, I have Lymphedema. I am having difficulty with climbing up and down the stairs, due to the Lymphedema, which is impacted my knees?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I am feeling difficulty to breath when i am eating.I am also gasping when i climb stairs.For small amount of food intake i am gasping and feeling full?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Right knee feels like it might give out when at a 45 degree angle (ie climbing up or down stairs). Able to do Leg curls and BBall no problem. Serious?
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A 41-year old asked:
I have had two knee scopes done on both of my knees and they still give me problem. They swell, pop, i can't climb stairs. Can I have another meniscus tear?
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A 77-year old female asked:
Having trouble with my legs. Can't stand long, legs go numb. Climbing stairs a problem.?
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A 38-year old asked:
I am 46 years old and I am diabetic, I have some trouble walking far or climbing stairs, so is it a heart problem or a diabetes problem?
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A 57-year old male asked:
Age 57. I run out of breath from just climbing flight of stairs. Sometimes just by walking 20-30 steps. Im tired & fatigued in the evening. Im 5.5 ft tall & weigh 83 kg. What could be the problem? And what tests to carry out? Thanks?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I have cold feet they are really cold when I touch them they feel cold then body . I can run and climb stairs without any difficulty and pain in legs,no diabetes,no smoking- alcohol,no thyroid. what is the reason? age is 22?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I am experiencing calf pain, difficulty walking for long, backpain especially lower, some hand stiffness and pain, I cannot climb stairs. I don't have arthritis, hip stiffness, doc checked. I have atshma and been on prednisone for some time. I need h?
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A member asked:
When will my baby learn to climb stairs?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Why does my head painfully throb after climbing stairs?
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A 45-year old male asked:
Is it advisable to climb stairs if one is suffering from hernia
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A 35-year old female asked:
My almost 16 month baby doenst climb unless is the stairs. Should i be worried ?
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A 48-year old asked:
I climb a lot of stairs at school and i'm really skinny. Would that help me diet?
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A 61-year old female asked:
I have pain in my ankles when I climb stairs. But coming down the stairs I have no pain. ?
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A 50-year old female asked:
I have pain in my knees while climbing stairs?
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A 35-year old female asked:
How long after a vaginal hysterectomy can I climb stairs?
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A 33-year old female asked:
What exercises should I do so i'm not so out of breath after climbing stairs?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Both my knees "pop" when climbing stairs. There is no pain. What could this be?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Bad headache after climbing stairs and my BP is 100/80, is there anything wrong?
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