Main symptoms and signs in 25 patients with medically unexplained disability
| Patient | Main symptoms | Main signs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weak legs with abnormal sensation | Paraplegia and weak arm |
| 2 | Weak right leg | Monoplegia and left foot inversion |
| 3 | Knee pain, inability to walk, fits, | Paraplegia |
| 4 | Fatigue and shaking of left leg | Flat, affectless facies |
| 5 | Weak legs and hands, dysphagia, incontinence | Dysarthria, hemiplegia, variable tremor |
| 6 | Fatigue, pain, weak left side | Minimal left sided weakness |
| 7 | Blackouts with shaking of right arm | Mild left hand weakness |
| 8 | Low back pain and sudden collapse | Variable incomplete paraplegia |
| 9 | Proximal myalgia | Abnormally slow gait |
| 10 | Blackouts, distal pain and numbness, difficulty using right hand | Abnormal gait, mild peripheral weakness |
| 11 | Weak painful swollen lower legs, fatigue | Weak legs, bilateral fixed foot plantar flexion and inversion |
| 12 | Useless left leg, inability to walk, fatigue | Immobility, left leg weakness |
| 13 | Painful and rubbery left arm, blackouts with left arm shaking | Immobile left arm with flexed fingers |
| 14 | Fatigue, myalgia | None |
| 15 | Neck and arm pain with dizziness and shaking all over | Mild titubation and leg tremor, mild distal weakness |
| 16 | Right sided shaking, incontinence | Immobile right lower leg, hand tremor |
| 17 | Inturned left foot, left foot shaking | Plantar flexion and inversion of left foot |
| 18 | Blackouts and fatigue | None |
| 19 | Left sided weakness, abnormal speech, fits | Dysphasia, left hemiplegia, complete left sensory loss |
| 20 | Weak legs with low back pain, previous fits | Incomplete paraplegia |
| 21 | Inability to stand up because of dizziness, sensory change below waist | None |
| 22 | Myalgia and fatigue | Major generalised muscle wasting |
| 23 | Right leg and back pain with fatigue | None |
| 24 | Low back pain, inability to stand for over 15 minutes, fatigue, fits | None |
| 25 | Weak numb legs, reduced balance, impaired vision | Profound paraplegia, arm weakness |