Impairment of activities of daily living

What it means

Difficulty in performing one or more activities normally performed every day, such as eating, bathing, dressing, grooming, work, homemaking, and leisure.

Rare diseases that can present with this6

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category