weakness_ll
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| *if all four limbs are involved and patient is alert, consider a metabolic cause (check potassium, phosphate, calcium, TSH levels), spinal TIA, transverse myelitis, myositis (check CK), or other causes (see below) | *if all four limbs are involved and patient is alert, consider a metabolic cause (check potassium, phosphate, calcium, TSH levels), spinal TIA, transverse myelitis, myositis (check CK), or other causes (see below) | ||
| ***is it bilateral and symmetric** | ***is it bilateral and symmetric** | ||
| + | *if reflexes are brisk with [[clonus]] **see [[weakness_umn]]** | ||
| *does it spare sensory nerves and reflexes | *does it spare sensory nerves and reflexes | ||
| *cause is most likely at level of muscle or NM junction rather than at the spine | *cause is most likely at level of muscle or NM junction rather than at the spine | ||
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