Weakness


Disease modifying treatment available:
Time critical diagnosis and management:
Lateralising:


Taxotomy

Subclassifications Epidemiology Clinical features
Hemiparesis None
Spastic quadriparesis None
Flaccid quadriparesis None
Proximal muscle weakness None
Distal weakness None



Aetiology

Disorder Clinical features Associated features Investigations Disease modifying treatment available Time critical
Transient ischaemic attack Dysphasia
Dysarthria
Hemiparesis
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis Headache
Seizure
Bilateral papilloedema
Visual field defect
Pregnancy
Crohn's disease
Antiphospholipid syndrome
Polycythaemia rubra vera
Nephrotic syndrome
Essential thrombocythaemia
Antithrombin deficiency
Protein C deficiency
Protein S deficiency
Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria
Myelofibrosis
Ulcerative colitis
Multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block Demyelinating peripheral neuropathy
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Fasciculations
Tongue fasciculations
Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy Peri-oral fasciculations
Tongue fasciculations
Motor neurone disease Anterior horn cell syndrome
Monomelic amyotrophy
Botulism Binocular diplopia
Millard-Gubler syndrome Facial nerve palsy
Sixth nerve palsy