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Floppy baby
Floppy baby is a clinical finding in which a baby's muscle tone is very weak. This can be due to inherited disorders, toxins, infections, or injury.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
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Floppy baby syndrome. What is it?
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What is the definition or description of: Floppy baby?
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How would floppy baby syndrome affect a person later on in life?
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A 29-year old asked:
Is limp baby the same thing as floppy baby?
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A 43-year old female asked:
My premature baby is now at 8 weeks adjusted age. He has clenched fists and curled toes most of the time, he is stiff yet floppy should I worry yet?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Exercises for a floppy hand in newborns?
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How to fix my floppy ear cartilage?
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How can I get rid of a floppy chin?
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How to get rid of that floppy underarm area?
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A 33-year old female asked about a female:
She had floppy eyelid when she fell asleep. Is it something I should be worry?
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A 28-year old female asked about a male:
I have noticed my 3 month old's left arm has become floppy and he doesn't use it much. Any ideas as to why this is happening?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I woke up this morning laying on my back and my full right arm was numb and floppy like rubber. Around 10 mins the feeling came back? What nerve did i compress?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I have gotten gallbladder/gallstone remove and I have a over floppy fat stomach people think im pregnant but i'm not how can I lose this fat stomach?
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A member asked about a male:
My 5-week premature son was born with floppy ears. He is 1 now. His helix regions are firmer but still a bit soft/droopy. Will they harden with time?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Have pierced ears for earrings. Over time holes have stretched and ear lobes have become floppy. Any ear lobe procedure for this?
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A 60-year old female asked:
Daughter having bad reaction to meds. Omez and Betanoid. Caused her to be almost comatose. Slurred speech, floppy and unsteady on feet?
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A 20-year old male asked:
I have vcd with laryngospasms, strong smells trigger it. Now I have a floppy epiglottis that makes a gobbling sound when i breath. Any idea why?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Can picking up/carrying my 29lbs 3yr old daughter while she's asleep and floppy/heavy cause me to have a placental abruption? I already have a 2cm sch
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A 18-year old female asked:
I'm 8 weeks cesarean postpartum. I partially breastfed but i stopped now. My breasts are now extremely soft & floppy instead of firm like before. Anything i can do? :(
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A 30-year old male asked about a female:
My wife had a purplish skin tag like bump on her scalp which popped when attempting to remove. Bump had a "stalk" and was floppy. Unsure if tick?
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A male asked:
How early can ear surgery be performed? My toddler has floppy ears, and i know that we are going to want to have ear surgery done to pin back his ears. Can this be done before he starts preschool?
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A 20-year old male asked:
I booted a soccer ball and i noticed that my foot felt weak i struggled to walk and I can barely lift it and when I do try it starts shaking and I can only do it for 2 seconds it feels really floppy and limp aswell?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I have a floppy mitral valve and mild regurgitation,doctor says it's not prolapse,can this cause sudden fatal arrythmia?
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A 101-year old female asked about a female:
Hello my daughter has lately had short term mermory loss, one of her legs or/and arms going floppy and numb and also has been diagnosed with PANDAS what do you think the floppy leg and/ or arm could be pls help I am super worried? pls answer?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I have head aches stomach aches some days I feel sick and some days I have an ache I am floppy and tired how can I prevent this
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A 26-year old female asked:
My herbalist told me I have a "floppy colon." what is a floppy colon, and how does it effect the frequency and ability of having a bowel movement?
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A 39-year old female asked about a 41-year old female:
I have a large blister on my foot palm it has burst now I just have a large skin floppy on my foot should I rip it off as don't hurt just annoying.
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