Hyporeflexia
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Carlos A Lopez, M.D. [2]
Overview
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
Common Causes
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | Stroke |
| Chemical / poisoning | Aftershave, barium sulfate, selenious acid, cone shell poisoning, erythrokeratodermia ataxia, eucalyptus oil poisonin, licorice, herbal agent overdose cleistanthus collinus, opioid intoxication, oriental hornet poisoning , snakebites, sea snake poisoning , white chameleon poisoning |
| Dermatologic | Vitamin E deficiency |
| Drug Side Effect | All-trans retinoic acid, cevimeline, clonidine, fluphenazine, imidazoline, lamotrigine, vincristine,lorazepam, nelarabine, oxazepam, oxcarbazepine, perphenazine, phenothiazine, prochlorperazine, saquinavir, thioridazine, tiagabine, trifluoperazine, venlafaxine, vigabatrin, zaleplon |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | |
| Genetic | |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | |
| Musculoskeletal / Ortho | |
| Neurologic | |
| Nutritional / Metabolic | |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose / Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | |
| Pulmonary | |
| Renal / Electrolyte | |
| Rheum / Immune / Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
References
References
See also
- Areflexia, the absence of reflexes, often it is caused by spinal shock.
- Hyperreflexia, exaggerated reflexes.