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GENERALIZED WEAKNESS [3 records]

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Record 1 2013-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Muscles and Tendons
DEF

Diminished muscle mass or bulk which may be localized or generalized, symmetrical or asymmetrical. It is usually but not invariably accompanied by weakness and occurs from disease or from damage to muscle tissue or motor nerves.

CONT

More than twenty-five years after they seemed to recover, polio victims began to succumb to a new round of weakness, pain, fatigue, and progressive muscle atrophy.

OBS

muscle atrophy: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

Key term(s)
  • amyotrophy
  • amyotrophia
  • myatrophy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Muscles et tendons
DEF

Diminution de volume d'un muscle du à une lésion du motoneurone périphérique (amyotrophie neurogène) aiguë ou chronique, à une dystrophie musculaire, à une immobilisation prolongée ou à un traitement médicamenteux.

OBS

amyotrophie : terme privilégié par le Comité des sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Músculos y tendones
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Record 2 2011-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
CONT

A continuum of symptoms and signs accompanies alcohol withdrawal, usually beginning 12 to 48 h after cessation of intake. The mild withdrawal syndrome includes tremor, weakness, sweating, hyperreflexia, and GI symptoms. Some patients have generalized tonic-clonic seizures, usually not more than two in short succession(alcoholic epilepsy or rum fits).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

L'alcoolisme chronique peut induire la survenue de crise généralisée tardive; c'est l'épilepsie alcoolique proprement dite.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Epidemiology
OBS

(The patient) presented with a 1-week history of severe fatigue and generalized weakness, tingling and numbness of hands, forearms, feet, and lower legs, and a burning skin sensation when exposed to cold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Épidémiologie
OBS

(sans relation avec effort, contrairement à fatigue); Cahier Chlorure de potassium, chap. 1., Dictionnaire de médecine Flammarion, entrée asthénie (voir ce terme).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Epidemiología
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