Health Dictionary
Reliable, easy-to-read patient information on common medical conditions — written in plain language, free of jargon, and grounded in current evidence. Browse the most frequent diagnoses, understand what they mean for everyday life, and learn which steps and questions help you have a focused conversation with your doctor.
Diaphragmatic Dysfunction
Introduction
Differential Diagnosis of Underlying Causes
Differential Diagnosis of Underlying Causes
In alphabetical order. [1] [2]
- Alcohol abuse
- Bochdalek hernia
- Botulism
- Brachial plexus neuritis
- Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
- Diabetes mellitus
- Diaphragmatic agenesis
- Diphtheria
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Eventration of the diaphragm
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- Iatrogenic
- Idiopathic
- Lead poisoning neuropathy
- Measles
- Metabolic myopathy
- Morgagni hernia
- Motor neuron disease
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myotonic dystrophies
- Nutritional neuropathy
- Penetrating injuries
- Poliomyelitis
- Polymyositis
- Spinal cord trauma
- Syringomyelia
- Tetanus
- Trauma to the phrenic nerve
- Traumatic rupture
- Typhoid
- Vasculitic neuropathy
References
References
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]