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Tetraplegia, also known as quadriplegia, is defined as the dysfunction or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the cervical area of the spinal cord. [1] A loss of motor function can present as either weakness or paralysis leading to partial or total loss of function in the arms, legs, trunk, and pelvis.
In children, the most common cause is a stroke of the ventral pons. [9]Unlike persistent vegetative state, in which the upper portions of the brain are damaged and the lower portions are spared, locked-in syndrome is essentially the opposite, caused by damage to specific portions of the lower brain and brainstem, with no damage to the upper brain.
paralysis of a limb (monoparesis) or a larger area on one side of the body (hemiparesis) paralysis head and eye movements; inability to express oneself linguistically, described as an expressive aphasia (Broca's aphasia) focal seizures that may spread to adjacent areas (Jacksonian seizure) grand mal or tonic-clonic seizures
A 23-year-old paramedic is speaking out after a neck crack caused a major artery in her spine to rupture, resulting in a stroke. Woman, 23, left partially paralyzed after suffering stroke from ...
The next morning, she was partially paralyzed and had trouble speaking. A woman's stroke symptoms were mistaken for an ear infection when she went to the ER with dizziness and tingling Skip to ...
“Within a couple of hours, the entire left side of my face was numb and just paralyzed," she continued. "I couldn’t really blink my eye, definitely had no movement on the side of my face. So ...
On September 4, 1990, at age 11, she was hit by a car while walking home from school, resulting in paralysis from the neck down. Although her injuries left her completely dependent on other people, she graduated from Ward Melville High School in 1996 with high honors, and was accepted to Harvard. [2]
At 58 years old he was paralyzed from the neck down after having a stroke in 2005. He was not able to speak or move any parts of his body apart from his head and eyes. He had spent two-and-a-half years undergoing therapy in a hospital before moving home in a wheelchair to be cared for by his wife, Jane, and his two teenage daughters Lauren and ...