Asthenia

Asthenia
ICD-10	R53
ICD-9	780.7

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Asthenia (Greek: ασθένεια, lit. lack of strength but also disease) is a medical term denoting a feeling of weakness without actual loss of strength.

Causes of asthenia

Common Causes

• Addison's disease
• Anemia
• Anxiety
• Chemotherapy
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• Chronic pain
• Deconditioning / sedentary lifestyle
• Dehydration and electrolyte disturbance
• Depression
• Diabetes
• Drug side effects
• Fibromyalgia
• Heart disease
• Hypothyroidism
• Infections
• Narcotics
• Paraneoplastic syndrome
• Pregnancy/postpartum
• Pulmonary disease
• Renal disease
• Sleep disorders

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	Heart disease
Chemical/Poisoning	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	Chemotherapy, Narcotics, Acamprosate calcium, Adefovir, Aprepitant, Atovaquone-Proguanil, Bicalutamide, Busulfan, Cefaclor, Dalfampridine, Desmopressin, Docetaxel, Efavirenz, Enzalutamide, Eribulin, Eslicarbazepine acetate, Fluvoxamine,Fosfomycin, Fulvestrant, Granisetron, Interferon alfa-2b , Pegylated interferon alfa-2a, Irinotecan hydrochloride, Meropenem, Nabilone, Netupitant and palonosetron, Oxaprozin, Palbociclib, Panitumumab, Perampanel, Pilocarpine, Pyridostigmine, Ribavirin, Ritonavir, Sargramostim, Sunitinib, Temozolomide, Teniposide
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	Addison's disease, Diabetes, Hypothyroidism,
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	No underlying causes
Genetic	No underlying causes
Hematologic	Anemia
Iatrogenic	Chemotherapy
Infectious Disease	Infections
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic	No underlying causes
Neurologic	Chronic fatigue syndrome, Chronic pain, Sleep disorders
Nutritional/Metabolic	Diabetes
Obstetric/Gynecologic	Pregnancy
Oncologic	Chemotherapy, Paraneoplastic syndrome
Ophthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity	Narcotics
Psychiatric	Anxiety, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Depression
Pulmonary	Pulmonary disease
Renal/Electrolyte	Dehydration and electrolyte disturbance, Renal disease,
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy	Fibromyalgia
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	Sedentary lifestyle, Sleep disorders

Causes in Alphabetical Order

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See also

• Neurasthenia
• Myasthenia gravis

References

• Adapted from: Hinshaw DB, Carnahan JM, Johnson DL. Depression, anxiety, and asthenia in advanced illness. J Am Coll Surg 2002;195:276.