Paralysis Articles & Analysis
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The disease, which primarily affects young children, can lead to irreversible paralysis and even death. While substantial progress has been made in the fight against this disease, certain strains of the virus, particularly circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV), a strain that emerges when the weakened virus in oral vaccines mutates back into a more virulent form, continue ...
Here are some possible effects: Tonic Atonic Clonic Myoclonic Paresis (weakness) Paralysis Hyperkinetic (big movements like jumping or thrashing) Automatisms (repetitive movements like nodding, undressing, or repeating words) Motor seizures can involve many types of movements. ...
About two-thirds of those that experience arm paralysis after stroke are unable to fully use their affected limb six months after stroke (1-3). ...
An injury to your spinal cord changes your life dramatically. Paralysis in both arms and legs forces you to come to terms with your body that no longer functions like it used to. ...
Quadriplegia or tetraplegia: Two words for the same form of paralysis caused by damage to the spinal cord. Tetraplegia happens when damage to the spinal cord has occurred in the neck area - the higher up on the spinal cord the injury is the more areas of the body are affected. ...
Mike Birbiglia is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He has released several comedy albums, including My Secret Public Album and Thank God for Jokes. In 2005, he was diagnosed with REM sleep behavior disorder. He went to a sleep specialist and was diagnosed after jumping out of a second-story window while dreaming. He has stated that acting out his dreams usually involves fleeing from ...
During REM sleep, the typical person has atonia, or temporary limb paralysis. In REM sleep behavior disorder, patients do not have this paralysis and tend to act out their dreams. ...
BCIs can be freeing for people with this type of paralysis. It can also be used to treat depression or to rehabilitate the ...
Such diversity enables to use them to solve a broad variety of health problems: in case of injured lower limbs, locomotor dysfunctions, in cerebral or complete paralysis. What really matters is that the device is practical, and affordable to patients: in some countries they are available as part of welfare aid or covered by medical insurance. ...
For instance, football players should receive training over proper tackling techniques, which can protect against concussions, paralysis, and different conditions. 2. Promote Physical Activity During Recovery Concussion recipients will need plenty of rehabilitation and rest to reach a recovery, which most people do within a week or two, but everything hinges on ...
It can be used in conjunction with other auxiliary therapies to treats medical conditions that include: Skin and soft tissues diseases: Thermal burns, chemical burns, radiation burns Frostbite Scalds Skin infections (erysipelas, pyoderma, actinomycosis, aspergillosis, Gram negative bacteria infections, nosocomial infections) Dry skin Cutaneous ulceration (caused by vein insufficiency , ...
The best-known example is that of Guillain-Barré syndrome, an autoimmune disease leading to paralysis. A decade ago, researchers discovered thatCampylobacter jejuni molecules drive immune cross-reactivity with lipids (i.e., gangliosides) in the brain, eventually causing the disease (3). ...
Following this unstoppable trend, this paper presents MAS, a software platform aimed to help people with severe intellectual disabilities and cerebral paralysis in their learning processes. MAS, as a technology enhanced learning platform, provides several tools that supports learning and monitoring for people with special needs, including adaptative games, data processing and ...