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Paralysis (pl.: paralyses; also known as plegia) is a loss of motor function in one or more muscles. Paralysis can also be accompanied by a loss of feeling (sensory loss) in the affected area if there is sensory damage. In the United States, roughly 1 in 50 people have been diagnosed with some form of permanent or transient paralysis. [1]
She finished high school in 3 years. Unable to walk, she could crawl with a "hopping-like" motion using her undeveloped arms and legs. [5] She met a nursing home aide in 1974, while she was in care at a rehabilitation center, [2] and she gave birth in November 1975 [6] to daughter Niya; the boyfriend had advised abortion, and was not around. [5]
Flaccid paralysis is a neurological condition characterized by weakness or paralysis and reduced muscle tone without other obvious cause (e.g., trauma). [1] This abnormal condition may be caused by disease or by trauma affecting the nerves associated with the involved muscles.
A teenage girl claims that a theme park ride was so intense that it left her paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair.Now, five years after the incident, she's suing the theme park. Emma Neild was ...
Kunicki's left side was initially rendered completely paralyzed by the stroke. Through physical therapy, she says she has been able to regain some use of her leg, arm and hand, although she ...
Marissa Jones could not raise her arms to wipe away her tears Tuesday during the sentencing hearing for the man convicted of shooting her in the head during a robbery last year outside a Columbus ...
If four limbs are affected by paralysis, tetraplegia or quadriplegia is the correct term. If only one limb is affected, the correct term is monoplegia. Spastic paraplegia is a form of paraplegia defined by spasticity of the affected muscles, rather than flaccid paralysis.
The charges come after the October death of 33-year-old Christian Lewis, a woman with partial paralysis. Officers arrived to the Simpsonville home Oct. 27 after they were informed that the woman ...