Muscle weakness / myasthenia
| Description | Etiological evaluation: Medication. Steroids, antimalarial medication Collagenosis: Polymyositis/dermatomyositis, mixed connective tissue disease, Sjögren-syndrome Vasculitides: Polymyalgia rheumatica Other autoimmune diseases: Rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune thyroiditis, myasthenia gravis Endocrinology: Hyper- and hypothyrosis, hyper- and hypoparathyroidism, adrenocortical insufficiency, hyperaldosteronism, Cushing M. Infections: Borrelia, Coxsackie-B, influenza, ECHO, EBV, VZV, HIV Metabolic myopathy: Inherited metabolic diseases, muscle dystrophy Paraneoplastic syndrome: Tumor markers (lung cancer) Vitamins: Vitamin E deficiency Other causes: Sarcoidosis, fibromyalgia, stiff man syndrome Please also refer to sections “myositis (inflammatory muscle diseases) and myopathy (degenerative muscle diseases) |
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