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Paraplegia: Introduction
Paraplegia: Paralysis of legs and sometimes lower body. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Paraplegia is available below.
Symptoms of Paraplegia
- Leg paralysis
- Lower body paralysis
- Bladder control problems
- Bladder incontinence
- Fecal incontinence
- more symptoms...»
Home Diagnostic Testing
Home medical testing related to Paraplegia:
- Nerve Neuropathy: Related Home Testing:
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Medical Textbooks Online about Paraplegia
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
- [ read ]
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
- [ read ]
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
- [ read ]
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
- [ read ]
- "Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors" (2008)
- [ read ]
- "Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors" (2008)
- [ read ]
Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Wrongly Diagnosed with Paraplegia?
- Misdiagnosis of Paraplegia
- Failure to diagnose Paraplegia
- Hidden causes of Paraplegia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
- Undiagnosed: Paraplegia
Paraplegia: Undiagnosed Conditions
Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:
- Nerve Disorders: serious diseases commonly undiagnosed:
- more undiagnosed conditions...»
Misdiagnosis and Paraplegia
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Paraplegia: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Causes of Paraplegia
- Spinal cord injury
- Accidents
- Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with joint laxity - paraplegia
- Fibrocartilaginous embolism - paraplegia
- Spinal fracture
- more causes...»
See full list of 78 causes of Paraplegia
More information about causes of Paraplegia:
- Underlying causes of Paraplegia
- Paraplegia as a complication caused by other conditions
- Paraplegia as a symptom
- Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Paraplegia
News Archives for Paraplegia
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- TriLipix Approved to Help Lower Cholesterol
- more health news...»
Source: HealthDay News
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Patient Surveys for Paraplegia
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Reseach about Paraplegia
Visit our research pages for current research about Paraplegia treatments.
Clinical Trials for Paraplegia
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Paraplegia include:
- Nuclear Magnetic Spectroscopy Imaging to Evaluate Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- SPATAX: Clinical and Genetic Analysis of Cerebellar Ataxias and Spastic Paraplegias - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Retraining Walking After Spinal Cord Injury - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Medico-Economical Impact of the Brindley Neurosurgical Technique in France - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Exercise to Reduce Obesity in Spinal Cord Injury - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- more trials...»
See full list of 12 Clinical Trials for Paraplegia
Statistics for Paraplegia
- Medical statistics for Paraplegia
- Prevalence and incidence statistics for Paraplegia
- Death and Mortality statistics for Paraplegia
- Society statistics for Paraplegia
Paraplegia: Broader Related Topics
Types of Paraplegia
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Stories from Users Related to Paraplegia
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- Complete exhaustion, fatigue, disoriented after workout
- Constant, extreme "motion sickness" from ANYTHING, much more
- Extreme Sensitivity to Sound
- Completely perplexed by mystery illness
- extreme nausea
- extreme leg discomfort
- Very extreme photophobia
- complete lack of libido
- extremely confused
- Completely debilitating symptoms with no diagnosis
- Extreme amnesia, loss of balance, many other serious symptoms... please help
- extreme nausea
- Blackout but still conscious & functioning
- extremely early menopause
- Extreme Resistance U500
- need extreme help
- extremely ITCHY down there, driving me nuts!
- Extremely Tired
- Extremely concerned
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Definitions of Paraplegia:
Paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma) - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Paraplegia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Paraplegia, or a subtype of Paraplegia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Paraplegia
- What is Paraplegia?
- Online Medical Textbooks for Paraplegia
- Prevalence and Incidence of Paraplegia
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- Diagnostic Tests for Paraplegia
- Diagnosis of Paraplegia
- Signs of Paraplegia
- Misdiagnosis of Paraplegia
- Undiagnosed Paraplegia
- Misdiagnosis of Underlying Causes of Paraplegia
- Treatments for Paraplegia
- Doctors and Medical Specialists for Paraplegia
- Cure Research for Paraplegia
- Statistics about Paraplegia
- Medical News Summaries About Paraplegia
- Hospital Statistics for Paraplegia
- Articles about Paraplegia
- Glossary for Paraplegia
- Clinical Trials for Paraplegia
- FACIAL PARALYSIS (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- EXTREMITY PAIN, LOWER EXTREMITY (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- PARESTHESIAS OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- Paraplegia (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Facial Paralysis & Bell's Palsy (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Facial Paralysis (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- FACIAL PARALYSIS (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- WEAKNESS OR PARALYSIS OF ONE OR MORE EXTREMITIES (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- EXTREMITY MASS (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Analgesia (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Paralysis (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Paralysis and Paresis (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Vocal cord paralysis (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Analgesia (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Paralysis (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Vocal cord paralysis (Handbook of Diseases)
- Analgesia (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Paralysis (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Paralysis (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Analgesia (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Paralysis (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- FACIAL PARALYSIS (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- WEAKNESS OR PARALYSIS OF ONE OR MORE EXTREMITIES (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- EXTREMITY MASS (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Feel for lower extremity pulsesin trauma patients (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
- Remember that joint or limb pain, particularly in the lower extremities, may be referred pain from another location (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
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