Leg weakness
Leg weakness: Introduction
Leg weakness: Muscle weakness of the leg.
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- LEG PAIN
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Leg pain
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Leg Pain
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Leg pain
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Leg pain
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- LEG PAIN
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Leg weakness: Undiagnosed Conditions
Conditions that are commonly undiagnosed in related areas may include:
Misdiagnosis and Leg weakness
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Diagnostic tests for Leg weakness:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Leg weakness. Some of these are listed below :
- General appearance - looking for bruising, deformity of leg, swelling of the leg, abnormal posture of body, muscle wasting.
- Physical examination
- Blood pressure and pulse to detect risk factors for stroke
- Listen for carotid bruits which can indicate narrowing of arteries to brain and thus risk factor of stroke
- May be necessary to examine a variety of joints including the lumbosacral spine, hips, knees, ankles and the various joints of the foot
- Test muscle tone, power, reflexes and co-ordination of lower limbs
- Test sensation of lower limbs ( including pain , touch , temperature and vibration sensation) examine each nerve of the lower limb
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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Leg weakness.
Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing
your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information
you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- How long have you noticed weakness in your leg? - to establish if acute or chronic.
- What areas of the leg are affected by the weakness? - e.g. foot, lower leg, thigh.
- Are both legs affected by weakness and is it symmetrical?- helps determine which joints, muscles and /or nerves may be affected e.g. peripheral muscle weakness due to peripheral neuropathy is symmetrical compared with individual nerve or nerve root disease which should be suspected if weakness is asymmetrical or confined to one limb
- Is the foot also affected by the weakness? - helps to determine which muscles and/or nerves are affected.
- Aggravating factors? - helps to determine the cause of leg weakness e.g. muscle power decreases with use in myasthenia gravis.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse
your condition.
The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Leg weakness) may include:
- Leg pain? - a painful joint or muscle disease may interfere with assessment of leg power.
- Leg paresthesia? - if there is also paresthesia in the involved extremity this usually suggests neuropathy (disease of the nerves) as a cause.
- Back pain? - may indicate that the cause of leg weakness originates from disorders of the lumbar spine.
- Are there any other areas of the body which are weak? - e.g. weakness of the muscles of the face would suggest a diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease, a mass in the brain or spinal cord.
- Headaches? - may suggest cerebrovascular disease or mass in brain.
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Medications or substances causing Leg weakness:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Leg weakness as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Chymopapain
- Chymodiactin
- Discase
- Belladonna, Phenobarbital and Ergotamine Tartrate
- Bellergal-S
- Bel-Phen-Ergot S
- Phenerbel-S
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medications causing Leg weakness
Drug interactions causing Leg weakness:
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react
causing Leg weakness as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Blocadren (Timolol) and Cafergot (Ergotatamine) interaction
- Blocadren (Timolol) and Cafetrate (Ergotatamine) interaction
- Blocadren (Timolol) and D.H.E. 45 (Dihydroergotamine) interaction
- Blocadren (Timolol) and Ercaf (Ergotatamine) interaction
- Blocadren (Timolol) and Ergomar (Ergotamine) interaction
- Blocadren (Timolol) and Ergostat (Ergotamine) interaction
- Blocadren (Timolol) and Sansert (Methysergide) interaction
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Organs affected by Leg weakness:
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Detailed list of causes of Leg weakness
The list below shows some of the causes of Leg weakness mentioned in various sources:
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How Common are these Causes of Leg weakness?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Leg weakness.
Of the 146
causes of Leg weakness that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 2
causes are "very common" diseases
- 4
causes are "common" diseases
- 1
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 2
causes are "rare" diseases
- 12
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 130
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Leg weakness
Conditions listing symptoms: Leg weakness:
The following list of conditions
have 'Leg weakness' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
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3-methylglutaconic aciduria, type 1
... leg weaknessA
Adrenoleukodystrophy
... leg weaknessAdrenomyeloneuropathy
... progressive leg weaknessAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis
... weak leg musclesAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis, type 6
... weak leg musclesAortic coarctation
... weak legsARTS syndrome
... leg weaknessAutoimmune thyroid diseases
... weak leg musclesB
Bahemuka Brown syndrome
... leg weaknessBoltshauser Syndrome
... progressive leg weaknessBonnier's syndrome
... leg weaknessBrain cancer
... Weakness of arms or legsBroken leg
... weak legBruyn-Scheltens syndrome
... weak legsC
Camurati-Engelmann Disease
... leg weaknessCentral nervous system lymphoma, primary
... leg weaknessCerebrorenodigital syndrome
... weak legsCharcot-Marie-Tooth disease deafness recessive type
... leg weaknessCharcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 1A
... leg weaknessCharcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 4B1
... leg weaknessChemical poisoning - Agrocide
... leg weaknessChemical poisoning - Agronexit
... leg weaknessChemical poisoning - Aparasin
... leg weaknessChemical poisoning - Aphtiria
... leg weaknessChemical poisoning - Ben-Hex
... leg weaknessChemical poisoning - Benhexol
... leg weaknessChemical poisoning - Benzene hexachloride
... leg weaknessChemical poisoning - Bexol
... leg weaknessChemical poisoning - Chloresene
... leg weaknessChemical poisoning - gamma-HccH
... leg weaknessChemical poisoning - HCH-gamma
... leg weaknessChemical poisoning - Heptachlor
... leg weaknessChemical poisoning - Hexachlorocyclohexane (gamma)
... leg weaknessChemical poisoning - Lindane
... leg weaknessChemical poisoning - Trichlorfon
... leg weaknessChordoma
... leg weaknessChronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
... slowly progressive weakness and sensory dysfunction of the legs and arms, weakness of the arms and legsClassic migraine
... leg weaknessClaudication pain
... leg weaknessCongenital benign spinal muscular atrophy dominant
... weak leg musclesCyprus facial neuromusculoskeletal syndrome
... weak legsD
Degenerative Disc Disease
... leg weaknessDermatomyositis
... upper leg muscle weakness, difficulty climbing stairsDiastematomyelia
... leg weaknessDiomedi-Bernardi-Placidi syndrome
... progressive leg weaknessDisc Disorders
... Leg weaknessDuane anomaly - mental retardation
... weak leg musclesDuchenne Muscular Dystrophy
... difficulting climbing stairs, difficulty descending stairs, difficulty climbing stairsDysequilibrium syndrome
... weak leg musclesE
Everlasting pea poisoning
... leg weaknessF
Filaminopathy, autosomal dominant
... difficulty climbing stairsG
Grand-Kaine-Fulling syndrome
... leg weaknessGraves Disease
... weak leg musclesGuillain-Barre Syndrome
... leg weaknessH
Hereditary amyloidosis
... leg weaknessHereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies
... difficulty climbing stairsHereditary Spastic Paraplegia
... progressive leg weaknessHyperthyroidism
... weak leg musclesHypertrophic neuropathy of Dejerine-Sottas
... leg weaknessHypomyelination and congenital cataract
... leg weaknessI
Idiopathic myopathy
... difficulty climbing stairsInfant botulism food poisoning
... weak muscles (esp. arm/leg/neck)Infantile axonal neuropathy
... leg weaknessIntervertebral disc disease
... leg weaknessJ
Juvenile primary lateral sclerosis
... progressive leg weaknessK
Koller syndrome
... leg weaknessL
Lathyrism
... leg weaknessLissencephaly - immunodeficiency
... leg weaknessM
Machado-Joseph Disease
... leg weaknessMacrocephaly, mental retardation, short stature, spastic paraplegia and CNS malformations
... weak legsMalignant germ cell tumor
... weak legsMaple syrup urine disease, type 1A
... leg weaknessMaple syrup urine disease, type 1B
... leg weaknessMaple syrup urine disease, type II
... leg weaknessMaple syrup urine disease, type III
... leg weaknessMarfan syndrome
... leg weaknessMental retardation - microcephaly - phalangeal - facial abnormalities
... weak legsMental retardation - spasticity - ectrodactyly
... weak legsMigraine
... leg weaknessMousa-Al Din-Al Nassar syndrome
... leg weaknessMultiple Myeloma
... leg weaknessMultiple sclerosis - ichthyosis - factor 8 deficiency
... weak legsMuscular Dystrophy
... difficulting climbing stairs, difficulty descending stairsMuscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal recessive, type 2K
... difficulty climbing stairsMuscular Dystrophy, Limb-Girdle, Type 3
... weak leg muscles, difficulty climbing stairsMuscular phosphorylase kinase deficiency
... weak legsMyelitis
... Leg weaknessN
Nemalin myopathy, late onset type
... leg weaknessNemaline myopathy 6
... difficulty climbing stairsNephronophthisis familial, adult - spastic quadriparesis
... weak legsNerve sheath neoplasm
... leg weaknessNeuronal intranuclear inclusion disease
... leg weaknessNeuropathy sensory spastic paraplegia
... leg weaknessO
Occult spinal dysraphism
... leg weaknessOpthalmoplegia - mental retardation - lingua scrotalis
... leg weaknessP
Pierson syndrome
... leg weaknessPorphyria, hereditary coproporphyria
... leg weaknessPowell-Venencie-Gordon syndrome
... leg weaknessPrimary Lateral Sclerosis
... leg weaknessProximal spinal muscular atrophy
... leg weaknessProximal spinal muscular atrophy, type 3
... difficulty climbing stairsPseudoprogeria syndrome
... leg weaknessR
Rett's syndrome
... difficulty climbing stairsRoy-Maroteaux-Kremp syndrome
... leg weaknessS
Scapuloperoneal myopathy
... leg weaknessScapuloperoneal syndrome, neurogenic type
... leg weaknessScapuloperoneal syndrome, neurogenic, Kaeser type
... leg weaknessSchaefer-Stein-Oshman syndrome
... leg weaknessSeptooptic dysplasia - digital anomalies
... leg weaknessSpastic paraparesis
... Leg weaknessSpastic paraplegia - neuropathy - poikiloderma
... weak leg musclesSpastic paraplegia 16, X-linked
... leg weaknessSpastic paraplegia 23
... progressive leg weaknessSpastic paraplegia 32, autosomal recessive
... leg weaknessSpastic paraplegia 4, autosomal dominant
... progressive leg weakness, leg weaknessSpastic paraplegia 7, autosomal recessive
... leg weaknessSpastic paraplegia 9, autosomal dominant
... leg weaknessSpastic paraplegia epilepsy mental retardation
... progressive leg weaknessSpastic paraplegia type 5A, recessive
... weak leg musclesSpastic paraplegia type 5B, recessive
... weak leg musclesSpastic paresis - glaucoma - mental retardation
... weak leg musclesSpastic quadriplegia - retinitis pigmentosa - mental retardation
... weak leg musclesSpasticity - multiple exostoses
... weak legsSPG
... progressive leg weaknessSpinal AVM
... progressive leg weaknessSpinal bulbar motor neuropathy
... weak legsSpinal conditions
... Decreased leg muscle strengthSpinal Cord Disorders
... Decreased leg muscle strengthSpinal cord neoplasm
... progressive leg weaknessSpinal fracture
... Decreased leg muscle strengthSpinal Muscular Atrophy
... leg weaknessSpinal Muscular Atrophy type III
... difficulty climbing stepsSpinal muscular atrophy, Ryukyuan type
... leg weaknessSpinal muscular atrophy, type 3
... difficulty climbing stairsSpinal stenosis
... leg weaknessSpinocerebellar ataxia 18
... leg weaknessSpondylitis
... Decreased leg muscle strengthSports Injuries
... Decreased leg muscle strengthSyringomyelia
... leg weaknessT
Tang Hsi Ryu syndrome
... weak leg musclesThyroid disorders
... weak leg musclesTransient Ischemic Attack
... leg weaknessTransverse myelitis
... weak legsTropical Spastic Paraparesis
... leg weaknessTucker syndrome
... weak leg muscles
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Causes of Leg weakness Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Leg weakness based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Leg weakness?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Leg weakness, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
Classifications of Leg weakness:
Subtypes of Leg weakness:
Difficulty climbing stairs (11 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Leg weakness:
Weakness (3822 causes), Leg symptoms (1696 causes), Sick (5748 causes), Limb symptoms (1215 causes)
Symptoms related to Leg weakness:
Leg numbness (53 causes), Leg paresthesia (61 causes), Arm weakness (66 causes), Walking difficulty (452 causes), Machado-Joseph Disease, Malignant germ cell tumor, Maple syrup urine disease, Type 1A, Type 1B, Type II, Type III, Marfan syndrome, Migraine (34 causes), Mousa-Al Din-Al Nassar syndrome, Multiple Myeloma, Multiple sclerosis
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