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Progressive muscle weakness
Progressive muscle weakness is a symptom in which a person's muscle lose more and more strength as time passes. The time-frame can be hours, days, weeks, or months, depending on the cause of the problem.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 21-year old female asked:
I did an arm workout 3 days ago and have had progressive upper arm tricep muscle weakness,aching, swelling, hurts to move & flex my arm. Pain 7/10. ?
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Is muscle weakness part of anxiety?
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Does a elevated MCV cause muscle weakness .?
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What can be the cause of muscle twitching with no weakness. ?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Episodic muscle weakness?
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A 29-year old asked:
Will muscle weakness from a pinched nerve reverse itself over time?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Muscle weakness after exercise?
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A 33-year old asked:
Feeling dizziness and extreme muscle weakness after sprinting. Please help?
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A 50-year old asked:
Why is it that people get muscle weakness in hyperkalaemia and hypokalaemia?
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A 43-year old asked:
What is something that could cause numbness and slight muscle weakness through my body?
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A 30-year old asked:
My 5 months old has facial weakness. What can I do help him stimulate and exersise his facial muscles?
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A 21-year old male asked:
My right muscle has been twitching for almost 2 weeks , it very consistent and rapid , I have no pain or weakness , it just very annoying hard to slee?
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A 20-year old male asked about a 16-year old male:
Hello! My son has been having muscle tremours and numbness with a weakness for about a week now it is on and off. He also complains of blurred sight when he gets these attacks. He also stares straight ahead for minutes without response. Help us?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Muscle deconditioning (?) due to being bed bound & housebound for years - is it expected to have worsening of muscle weakness after increasing exercise (gentle short walks outside house). took me 9 days to get back to baseline after 4 short walks?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Muscle weakness in my thigh why?
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A 41-year old asked:
What causes muscle weakness in polio?
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A 34-year old asked:
What causes muscle weakness and sleepiness?
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A 47-year old asked:
What to do about muscle weakness?
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A 47-year old asked:
What can one-sided muscle weakness/wasting be?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Muscle weakness?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Muscle weakness on one side of body?
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A 32-year old asked:
What techniques could be used to determine the cause of severe muscle weakness after only mild exercise?
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A 40-year old asked:
Why does hypokalemia cause muscle weakness?
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A 39-year old asked:
Why would a person get muscle weakness in the leg?
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A 44-year old asked:
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A 35-year old asked:
Is mild muscle weakness expected while taking a statin?
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A 32-year old asked:
What can help with my muscle weakness linked to depression?
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