1 Making payments directly to medical and educational providers on behalf of loved ones and giving away up to $14,000 per recipient per year gift-tax free are good options for minimizing taxes. 2  Any exemption you use for gifting will reduce the amount you can use for the estate tax.
Posted 3/18/2007 12:45 PM (GMT -6) Others have told you that muscle weakness can be a symptom of lupus. It can also be a symptom of a connecitve tissue disease like the one I have. Mixed connective tissue disease which is a combination of lupus, scleroderma and polymyositis.
Other possible causes of muscle weakness include paralytic shellfish poisoning, botulism, and low levels of potassium in the blood. Depending on the cause, weakness may occur in one muscle, a group of muscles, or all the muscles, and it may be accompanied by pain, atrophy, cramping, or other types of muscular symptoms.