Generalized weakness resident survival guide

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Moises Romo M.D.

Synonyms and Keywords: dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, Guillian-barre syndrome, polymyositis, emg

Overview

This section provides a short and straight to the point overview of the disease or symptom. The first sentence of the overview must contain the name of the disease.

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions that may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

Common Causes

Diagnosis

Shown below is an algorithm summarizing the diagnosis of [[disease name]] according to the American Academy of Neurology guidelines.

 
 
 
Generalized weakness symptoms
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
True motor weakness?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
No
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Evaluate for causes of fatigue or muscle pain
 
Fluctuating
 
 
 
 
 
Constant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
•Myasthenia Gravis
•Lambert-Eaton syndrome
•Periodic paralysis
•Metabolic myopathy
 
Acquiered
 
 
 
 
 
Life-long/chronic
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
•Polymyositis
•Dematomyositis
•Inclusion body myopathy
•Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
•Multifocal motor neuropathy
 
Non-progessive
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Progressive
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
•Congenital myopathy
•Congenital dystrophy
 
Ocular
•Kearns-sayre syndrome
•Oculopharyngeal dystrophy
•Ocular dystrophy
 
Facial
•Fascioscapulohumarl dystrophy
•Myotonic dystrophy
 
Upper extremities
•Emery-Dreiffus dystrophy
•Hereditary distal myopathy
 
Lower extremities
•Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
•Becker's muscular dystrophy
•Sarcoglycanopathies
•Spinal muscular atrophy
•Limb girdle dystrophy


Treatment

Shown below is an algorithm summarizing the treatment of [[disease name]] according to the [...] guidelines.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Do's

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Don'ts

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