Alternating Hemiplegia

Alternating Hemiplegia: Introduction

Alternating Hemiplegia: Alternating hemiplegia is a rare neurological disorder that develops in childhood, usually before the first 4 years. The disorder is characterized ... more about Alternating Hemiplegia.

Alternating Hemiplegia: Episodes of one-sided paralysis. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Alternating Hemiplegia is available below.

Symptoms of Alternating Hemiplegia

• Temporary episodes of one-sided paralysis
• Hemiplegia
• Eye muscle paralysis
• Limb paralysis
• Facial muscle paralysis
• more symptoms...»

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Medical Textbooks Online about Alternating Hemiplegia

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Alternating Hemiplegia?

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Alternating Hemiplegia: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Misdiagnosis and Alternating Hemiplegia

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions, such as a stroke or Alzheimer's disease,...read more »

Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms of severe brain injury are hard to miss, it is less clear for milder injuries, or even...read more »

MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked. This is particularly true of ...read more »

Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often...read more »

Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines can also occur in...read more »

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Alternating Hemiplegia: Research Doctors & Specialists

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• Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists):
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  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery (Child Neurosurgeon)
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  • Neurodevelopment Disabilities
  • Neurosurgery (Brain Surgery)
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (Nerve/Muscle/Bone Specialists)
  • Neuroradiology
  • Vascular Neurology
  • Neuropathology
  • Otology / Neurotology (Ear/Hearing Specialists)
• Stroke & Vascular Specialists:
  • Vascular Neurology (Brain Blood Vessels)
  • Vascular & Interventional Radiology
  • Vascular Surgery (Blood Vessel Surgeon)
  • Neuropathology (Brain Diagnostics)
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Alternating Hemiplegia: Rare Types

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Causes of Alternating Hemiplegia

• Migraine - the Benign Alternating Hemiplegia subtype may be related to migraine.
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Treatments for Alternating Hemiplegia

• Sleep - may provide relief from paralysis
• Flunarizine
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News Archives for Alternating Hemiplegia

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Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Alternating Hemiplegia

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Prognosis for Alternating Hemiplegia

Prognosis for Alternating Hemiplegia: Children with the benign form of alternating hemiplegia have a good prognosis. However, those who experience the more severe form have a poor prognosis because intellectual and mental capacity do not respond to drug therapy, and balance and gait problems continue. Over time, walking unassisted becomes difficult or impossible (Source: excerpt from NINDS Alternating Hemiplegia Information Page: NINDS)

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Alternating Hemiplegia: Broader Related Topics

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Types of Alternating Hemiplegia

Types of Alternating Hemiplegia

• Benign Alternating Hemiplegia - a mild form associated with migraine
• Classic Alternating Hemiplegia - the more severe form.
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Article Excerpts about Alternating Hemiplegia

Alternating hemiplegia is a rare neurological disorder that develops in childhood, usually before the first 4 years. The disorder is characterized by recurrent but temporary episodes of paralysis on one side of the body. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Alternating Hemiplegia Information Page: NINDS)

Definitions of Alternating Hemiplegia:

Alternating Hemiplegia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Alternating Hemiplegia, or a subtype of Alternating Hemiplegia, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Alternating Hemiplegia as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet