Editing Weakness (section)

{{short description|Physical symptom}}
{{About|the medical condition}}

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'''Weakness''' is a [[symptom]] of many different medical conditions.<ref name=Rosen10>{{cite book |title=Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice |edition=7th |last=Marx |first=John |year=2010 |publisher=Mosby/Elsevier |location=Philadelphia, PA |isbn=978-0-323-05472-0 |page=Chapter 11 }}</ref> The causes are many and can be divided into conditions that have true or perceived muscle weakness. True muscle weakness is a primary symptom of a variety of skeletal muscle diseases, including [[muscular dystrophy]] and [[inflammatory myopathy]]. It occurs in [[neuromuscular junction]] disorders, such as [[myasthenia gravis]].{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}