2007-01-18 02:38:25 · 2 answers · asked by jjsilverberg 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
A physician will think of several things for the complaint of "muscle weakness. There are several broad groups for the differential diagnosis.
1. drugs
2. endocrine
3. inflammatory
4. rheumatologic
5. genetic
6. metabolic
7. neurologic
There are also infectious causes of muscular weakness.
The doctor will narrow down the choices buy analyzing certain things about you: age, sex, family history, job, and social habits.
Below is a link to an article at the American Academy of Family Physicians website. You can see the specific diagnoses for each group in the tables.
2007-01-18 02:51:16 · answer #1 · answered by RolloverResistance 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
just type in search muscles loss....usually due to inactivity or immobilization aka bedrest.
2007-01-18 02:52:17 · answer #2 · answered by michelle b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋