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.
Potential Causes of Muscle Weakness. There are many possible underlying causes for muscle weakness. Possible causes include: 1  chronic fatigue syndrome. 2  muscular dystrophy. 3  Graves disease. 4  Guillain-Barre barrÃ©. 5  syndrome. 6  hypothyroidism (hypotonia lack of muscle, tone usually present at). 7  Birth Louâgehrig s.  disease