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Staggering gait
Staggering gait is a pattern of walking where the center of balance is off and the person is unable to walk in a straight line.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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A 44-year old asked:
Can the effects of sleeping pills make you have a staggering gait?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I am using 2 donors this cycle, inseminating each every other day, staggering days with each one. IE Donor 1 on days 1,3, 5, etc. Is this alright?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Is it OK to take Sudafed and Sudafed PE together? Staggering the doses wouldn't feel as awful in the last bit of time before another 12-hour pill.
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A 34-year old male asked:
Can we stagger the vaccination schedule for our newborn? Is it necessary to give all the shots according to schedule? What're the risks in staggering?
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A 44-year old male asked:
My son is 16 years old and is autistic. He has started staring blankly, staggering, stopped talking. Been examined at childrens hos. All tests neg.
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A 82-year old female asked about a 45-year old female:
Dizzy spells not the room spinning but I'm swaying staggering. Not dizzy laying down. alway accompanied by sudden frequent urination. Last few hours?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Will a male cause damage if he squeezes his penis during urination (multiple sessions of urination for months). Repeated action: Squeezing the penis so that urine is held in the urethra then releasing grasp slowly, staggering the flow of urine?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Taking citolapram and wondering about effects w/ alcohol. Dr. Wants me to stagger off drinking, but meds say don't drink. Your thoughts?
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A 42-year old female asked:
How can I stagger tylenol (acetaminophen) and ibuprofen as an adult?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Best time to get a massage before or after strength training? how long after - while you are still sore or wait? how do athletes stagger this?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Is it okay to stagger doses of tylenol/advil for feverish child (5 yrs old)?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Is it best to stagger new medications, i.e. start one a week or so before introducing another. I have started Gabapentin and have Baclofen prescribed. Maybe I should wait to add Baclofen until I've gotten to a full dose of Gabapentin?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Everyday I feel weak like to faint. When I get up at nights to go walking in house I stagger. It happen when b4 and after my period. What's the prob?
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A 31-year old male asked:
I also take 4mg of risperdone and 150 mg of Zoloft (sertraline) and 1mg of clonazepam can this be making stagger like a drunk person?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Post op knee surgery. How often can I stagger percocet and ibuprofen? How much time in between?
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A 36-year old asked:
Could fibromyalgia, tendonitis or arthritis cause a staggering gait?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: gait?
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A 42-year old asked:
Any way to fix an awkward gait?
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A 32-year old asked:
What is a spastic gait?
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A 41-year old asked:
Why do schizophrenics have an awkward gait?
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A 36-year old asked:
Should i go hiking if I have an unstable gait?
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A 44-year old asked:
How does antalgic differ from trendelenburg gait?
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A 31-year old asked:
Why are gait belts contraindicated with pacemaker?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Shuffling gait?
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A 47-year old asked:
Is having a weird gait a good sign of having schizophrenia?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I'm 31 years old, where can I find a gait pllate? The only ones I can find are pediatric.
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A 50-year old asked:
What is an unsteady gait? What causes it?
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A 45-year old asked:
Can gait still improved at the age of 21?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Awkward gait?
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A 46-year old asked:
What conditions causes people to have a stiff legged gait?
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