Hemiplegia: Paralysis of one side of the body. See free access online books about Hemiplegia below. See detailed information below for a list of 55 causes of Hemiplegia, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Paralysis of one side of the body
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Severe or complete loss of motor function on one side of the body; this condition is usually caused by brain diseases that are localized to the cerebral hemisphere opposite to the side of weakness; less frequently, brain stem lesions; cervical spinal cord diseases, peripheral nervous system diseases, and other conditions may manifest as hemiplegia.
- (Source - CRISP)
Hemiplegia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Hemiplegia, or a subtype of Hemiplegia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
- (Source - National Institute of Health)
The list below shows some of the causes of Hemiplegia mentioned in various sources:
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The following list of conditions have 'Hemiplegia' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Hemiplegia based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Medical Conditions associated with Hemiplegia:
Hemiparesis (33 causes), Paralysis symptoms (335 causes)
Symptoms related to Hemiplegia:
Paralysis (335 causes), Paraplegia (12 causes), Quadraplegia, Numbness (378 causes), Muscle weakness (3746 causes), Paraltsis, Flaccid paralysis (11 causes), Poliomyelitis, Cerebral palsy, Bells palsy (1 cause), Stroke (49 causes), Hypertension (255 causes)
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