(1) The asthenia of chronic respiratory disease

(2) A 39-year-old man presented with general weakness and asthenia , which he had been experiencing for three months.

(3) The most common effects of toxicity from chemotherapies for advanced colorectal cancer are diarrhoea, mucositis, asthenia , and neutropenia.

(4) The most commonly observed side effects were pharyngitis (14 per cent of recipients), increased cough, dizziness, headache and asthenia .

(5) Adverse side effects included constipation, nausea, asthenia , and dizziness in 6.2 per cent more patients than those taking placebo.

(6) Pain and asthenia were improved in the majority of patients.

(7) Once muscle weakness has been differentiated from asthenia and fatigue, the physician should ask the patient about disease onset and progression.

(8) Metabolic abnormalities can also cause anorexia and asthenia .

(9) Diagnosis begins with a patient history distinguishing weakness from fatigue or asthenia , separate conditions with different etiologies that can coexist with, or be confused for, weakness.

(10) This condition is seen in tall, asthenic individuals of both sexes.

(11) There has been little understanding of a condition of asthenic wasting.