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Generalized weakness
Generalized weakness is a clinical finding in which a person has decreased strength throughout their body, in contrast to focal weakness which occurs in a specific area. This can be due to illness, nervous system conditions, or malnutrition.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
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A 36-year old female asked:
Iam 37female all the time i feel generalized weakness. haemoglobin 14gm whate is the cause? Thyroid function is normal no chronic illness no drug
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A 30-year old asked:
Lower abdominal pain from dietary indiscretion, less energy and generalized weakness?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Could tingling hands and feet, fatigue, and generalized weakness be a sign of hypothyroidism or something else?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Joint pain, depressed mood,fatigue,overweight,difficulty concentrating,get tired quickly, weakness (generalized). Hypothyroidism?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Is maturbation cause weakness in males?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Told some tablets i have musle weakness?
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A 37-year old asked:
Who said pain is weakness leaving the body?
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A 38-year old asked:
What is the best tablet for nerve weakness?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Can deconditioning cause weakness and aches???
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A member asked:
What kind of doctor sees somebody for weakness?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Does masturbatng frequently causes weakness un body?
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A 39-year old asked:
What symptoms are considered weakness in personality?
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A 20-year old male asked:
I always feel like vomiting and weakness,tell me the reason?
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A 44-year old asked:
Which medicine should I use to remove my physical weakness ?
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A 23-year old male asked:
I feel to much weakness give me some solutions to solve this weakness?
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A 20-year old male asked:
My sister(age - 24) feels everytime vomiting and weakness, what to do?
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A 38-year old asked:
Can I have shelcal medicen for my weakness? That medicine suits me alot.
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A 20-year old female asked:
Think my vision is getting worse could that cause fatigue and weakness??
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A member asked:
I want a perfect diet plan fo reducing weight without having any weakness?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Exctreme tired weakness feel pulled away from the world sudden onset anxiety?
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A 18-year old male asked:
I feel weakness but i am not sick?...Can it be because of heat or any other reason...Treatement?
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A 59-year old female asked:
What causes sudden fatigue , weakness, pain, and sometimes nausea, or vomiting, can last hours or days?
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A 68-year old male asked:
Pain in left hop area and weakness in certain positions. Less pain when I am standing. Sitting is worse.?
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A 47-year old asked:
What is the minimum amount of exercise a man might do to keep healthy and strong enough to prevent weakness?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Hi ,I have this sickness that's been going on and off for the last month:weakness, nausea,and pain in my rectum.Can you help out?...
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A 29-year old asked:
Was taught that showing emotion was a sign of weakness. i have finally found it is not. how do i apologize to exes for being that way?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I get overwhelming episodes of extreme lethargy,confusion,and weakness.It seems to occur randomly. What could cause this? I don't drink or drug.
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A 18-year old male asked:
How would I know if I had rabdomyolosis? I'm 18 male been having confusion,weakness,fatigue for a long time. What are the symptons? Hows it diagnosed?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Is depression just weakness? How do I deal with it? I always just "plowed through" (never medicated)but it doesn't go away, how do you make it go away
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A 53-year old female asked:
What can cause extreme fatigue and weakness, so much you can not function, and have to lay down to sleep, this is not the same as in not enough sleep.
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