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  2. A Leg to Stand On - Wikipedia

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    A Leg to Stand On is a 1984 autobiographical account by neurologist Oliver Sacks describing his recovery from psychogenic leg paralysis following a mountaineering accident. The book has been described as a skillful description of the depersonalization of functional neurological symptoms. Neuropsychiatric specialists who have recommended reading ...

  3. EXCLUSIVE: Man, 32, became fully paralyzed days after ... - AOL

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    Doctor details experience with Guillan-Barre syndrome, a rare post-viral complication that can cause muscle weakness to complete paralysis. EXCLUSIVE: Man, 32, became fully paralyzed days after ...

  4. Missouri teenager left paralyzed and on a ventilator from ...

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    Recovery can take weeks or months, and some effects can be permanent. According to the CDC, preliminary data shows at least 18 people have died in the U.S. this year from the virus. Last year ...

  5. 'Ghost Boy' tells true story of waking from 12-year coma - AOL

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    In 1988, at just 12 years old, Martin Pistorius' health started to decline. He soon went into a coma-like state for 12 years, but now he's awake and telling an amazing story. Pistorius says while ...

  6. List of people who awoke from a coma - Wikipedia

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    Annie Shapiro (1913–2003) was a Canadian apron shop owner who was in a coma for 29 years because of a massive stroke and suddenly awakened in 1992. After the patients in the true story Awakenings, Shapiro spent the longest time in a coma-like state before waking up. Her story inspired the 1998 movie Forever Love. [4] Louis Viljoen ~1970 1994

  7. List of people with Guillain–Barré syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, was stricken with a paralytic illness in 1921, at age 39.His main symptoms were fever; symmetric, ascending paralysis; facial paralysis; bowel and bladder dysfunction; numbness and hyperesthesia; and a descending pattern of recovery.

  8. Man, 36, Declared Brain Dead Details 'Grueling' Recovery from ...

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    Man, 36, Declared Brain Dead Details 'Grueling' Recovery from Locked-In Syndrome: 'I’m Still In Here' (Exclusive) Vanessa Etienne November 6, 2024 at 12:14 PM

  9. Paralysis - Wikipedia

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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]