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Paralysis is the loss of muscle function in part of your body. It happens when something goes wrong with the way messages pass between your brain and muscles. Paralysis can be complete or partial. It can occur on one or both sides of your body. It can also occur in just one area, or it can be widespread. Paralysis of the lower half of your body, including both legs, is called paraplegia. Paralysis of the arms and legs is quadriplegia.
Most paralysis is due to strokes or injuries such as spinal cord injury or a broken neck. Other causes of paralysis include
Polio used to be a cause of paralysis, but polio no longer occurs in the U.S.
'''Paralysis''' is the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups. Major causes are stroke, Physical trauma, poliomyelitis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), botulism, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, and Guillain-Barré syndrome. Paralysis may be localized, generalized or follow a certain pattern. For example, localized paralysis occurs in Bell's palsy where one side of the face may be paralysed due to inflammation of the facial nerve on that side. Patients with stroke may be weak throughout their body (global paralysis) or have hemiplegia (weakness on one side of the body) or other patterns of paralysis depending on the area of damage in the brain. Other patterns of paralysis arise due to different lesions and their sequelae. For example, lower spinal cord damage from a severe back injury may result in paraplegia.
Patricia Neal Biography - Tells about the actress' recovery and rehabilitation after suffering three strokes at the age of 39, and her subsequent work as an advocate for those who have suffered paralysis. Includes a filmography.
Madness: An Attempt to Simulate General Paralysis - English translation of text by André Breton and Paul Eluard.
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation - Funds research that develops treatments and cures for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury and other central nervous system disorders. Includes a biography of its founder Christopher Reeve.
Speaker, Dr. Diane - Focus is on coping with brain injury as well as paralysis.
Boston Medical Products, Inc. - Boston Medical Products, Inc. designs and manufactures quality surgical products for the otolaryngologist. A supplier of laryngectomy products, also manufactures tracheostomy surgical products, including a thyroplasty implant system for unilateral vocal cord paralysis; tracheal cannula system and speaking valves.
Wear Ease Bra - Offer bra for women suffering from back, hand, or shoulder arthritis, fibromyalgia, or partial paralysis to dress themselves.
The Lucid Crossroads - Covers learning lucid dreaming, lucid dreaming techniques, types of lucid dreams, astral projection, and sleep paralysis. Also includes an ongoing study on sharing dreams and unique content on Lucid Dojo--performing martial arts while lucid.
Dream Emporium - Information on intepretation and understanding, lucid dreaming, sleep paralysis, night terrors and precognitive dreams. Also includes links to dream and sleep resources, and guidance on helping children with dream problems.
Identification of Ticks in Australia - Biology, drawings and descriptions, and discussion of problems caused. Species include cattle tick (Boophilus microplus), bush tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis), and paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus).
Life on Wheels: For the Active Wheelchair User - Covers medical issues (paralysis, circulation, respiration, rehab, cure research); day-to-day living (exercise, skin, bowel and bladder, sexuality, home access, maintaining a wheelchair); and social issues (self-image, adjustment, friends, family, cultural attitudes, activism).