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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.
John C. Lettsome noted in 1787 hyperesthesia and paralysis in legs more than arms of patients, a characteristic of alcoholic polyneuropathy. The first description of symptoms associated with alcoholic polyneuropathy were recorded by John C. Lettsome in 1787 when he noted hyperesthesia and paralysis in legs more than arms of patients. [2]
Some sufferers (10–15%) report various pains growing in severity with progression of the disease. [1] The nerves most commonly affected are the peroneal nerve at the fibular head (leg and feet), the ulnar nerve at the elbow (arm) and the median nerve at the wrist (palm, thumbs and fingers), but any peripheral nerve can be affected.
Muscle tone is sometimes used to make the diagnosis for spastic quadriplegia as affected children often appear to be either too stiff or too floppy. [2] Another important diagnostic factor is the persistence of primitive reflexes past the age at which they should have disappeared (6–12 months of age). [2]
Paraplegia, or paraparesis, is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek (παραπληγίη) "half-stricken". [citation needed] It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition that affects the neural (brain) elements of the spinal canal.
Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:31 PM Paraplegic Bride Walks Down the Aisle Katie Breland Hughes lost the use of both her legs in 2011 when she missed a stop sign and was hit by a truck.
A woman is educating fellow TikTokers on how it feels to be paralyzed through a simple exercise. On Jan. 10, Jessica Tawil — a paraplegic woman based in New York and New Jersey — ;shared the ...
Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:39 PM Misconceptions About Life With Paralysis In 2010, Rachelle Friedman Chapman was 24 years old when she got into an accident on the evening of her bachelorette party.