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Paralysis is the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups. Major causes are stroke, trauma, poliomyelitis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), botulism, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, and Guillain-Barré syndrome. Paralysis is most often caused by damage to the nervous system or brain, especially the spinal cord. Paralysis often includes loss of feeling in the affected area. Paralysis may be localized, or generalized, or it may follow a certain pattern. For example, ...
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Resources
- Alternating Hemiplegia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Alternating Hemiplegia (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Assistive Devices (National Library of Medicine)
- Bladder Management (Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center)
- Chiari Malformation (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Paralysis (National Institutes of Health)
- Congenital Facial Diplegia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Familial Periodic Paralyses (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Familial Spastic Paralysis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Find a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician (American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
- Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Locked-In Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Locked-in Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Mobius Syndrome (Congenital Facial Diplegia) (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Paralysis (Medline Plus)
- Paralysis
- Paralysis (National Institutes of Health)
- Periodic Paralyses (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- PPA Online (Periodic Paralysis Association)
- Rehabilitation (Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association)
- Respiratory (Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center)
- Sexual Health (Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center)
- Skin Care (Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center)
- Spinal Cord, Nerves and Muscles (We Move)
- Todd's Paralysis (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Todd's Paralysis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Vocal Cord Paralysis (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
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