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What areas of the body are particularly relevant in investigating weakness?
What areas of the body are particularly relevant in investigating weakness?
- The head and neck
- The arms and legs (correct)
- The back and shoulders
- The chest and abdomen
Which type of weakness can arise from the neuromuscular junction?
Which type of weakness can arise from the neuromuscular junction?
- Symmetric weakness
- Asymmetric weakness
- Distal weakness (correct)
- Proximal weakness
What does sudden onset of weakness suggest?
What does sudden onset of weakness suggest?
- Muscle cause
- Chronic cause
- Peripheral nerve cause (correct)
- Myasthenia gravis
How can proximal weakness be identified?
How can proximal weakness be identified?
Which type of weakness involves both lower extremities?
Which type of weakness involves both lower extremities?
What type of weakness suggests myasthenia gravis?
What type of weakness suggests myasthenia gravis?
Which condition is suggested by progressive subacute onset of lower extremity weakness?
Which condition is suggested by progressive subacute onset of lower extremity weakness?
What type of weakness occurs in myopathies from alcohol, drugs like glucocorticoids, and inflammatory muscle disorders like polymyositis and dermatomyositis?
What type of weakness occurs in myopathies from alcohol, drugs like glucocorticoids, and inflammatory muscle disorders like polymyositis and dermatomyositis?
Which condition presents with proximal typically asymmetric weakness that gets worse with effort (fatigability)?
Which condition presents with proximal typically asymmetric weakness that gets worse with effort (fatigability)?
What is suggested by bilateral predominantly distal weakness, often with sensory loss?
What is suggested by bilateral predominantly distal weakness, often with sensory loss?
Abrupt onset of motor and sensory deficits occurs in which conditions?
Abrupt onset of motor and sensory deficits occurs in which conditions?
In a patient reporting numbness, what should be asked to be more precise?
In a patient reporting numbness, what should be asked to be more precise?
What does focal or asymmetric weakness suggest?
What does focal or asymmetric weakness suggest?
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