Paraplegia

Introduction: Paraplegia

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

Medical Textbooks Online about Paraplegia

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Wrongly Diagnosed with Paraplegia?

• Misdiagnosis of Paraplegia
• Underlying causes of Paraplegia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Causes of Paraplegia

• Spinal cord injury
• Accidents

Read more about 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

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Patient Surveys for Paraplegia

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Reseach about Paraplegia

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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)

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

Types of Paraplegia

• Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

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Stories from Users Related to Paraplegia

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• Complete exhaustion, fatigue, disoriented after workout
• Completely perplexed by mystery illness
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• extreme nausea
• Very extreme photophobia
• extreme leg discomfort
• complete lack of libido
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• Extreme amnesia, loss of balance, many other serious symptoms... please help
• extremely early menopause
• CFS/ME, something else, or am I completely nuts?
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• Blackout but still conscious & functioning
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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)