Hemiplegia
You don't need to be Editor-In-Chief to add or edit content to WikiDoc. You can begin to add to or edit text on this WikiDoc page by clicking on the edit button at the top of this page. Next enter or edit the information that you would like to appear here. Once you are done editing, scroll down and click the Save page button at the bottom of the page.
| Hemiplegia Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | G80.2, G81. |
|---|---|
| ICD-9 | 342-343, 438.2 |
| MeSH | D006429 |
|
WikiDoc Resources for Hemiplegia | |
|
Articles | |
|---|---|
|
Most recent articles on Hemiplegia | |
|
Media | |
|
Evidence Based Medicine | |
|
Clinical Trials | |
|
Ongoing Trials on Hemiplegia at Clinical Trials.gov Clinical Trials on Hemiplegia at Google
| |
|
Guidelines / Policies / Govt | |
|
US National Guidelines Clearinghouse on Hemiplegia
| |
|
Books | |
|
News | |
|
Commentary | |
|
Definitions | |
|
Patient Resources / Community | |
|
Patient resources on Hemiplegia Discussion groups on Hemiplegia Patient Handouts on Hemiplegia Directions to Hospitals Treating Hemiplegia Risk calculators and risk factors for Hemiplegia
| |
|
Healthcare Provider Resources | |
|
Causes & Risk Factors for Hemiplegia | |
|
Continuing Medical Education (CME) | |
|
International | |
|
| |
|
Businness | |
|
Experimental / Informatics | |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Phone:617-525-6884
Please Take Over This Page and Apply to be Editor-In-Chief for this topic: There can be one or more than one Editor-In-Chief. You may also apply to be an Associate Editor-In-Chief of one of the subtopics below. Please mail us [2] to indicate your interest in serving either as an Editor-In-Chief of the entire topic or as an Associate Editor-In-Chief for a subtopic. Please be sure to attach your CV and or biographical sketch.
Hemiplegia is a condition where there is paralysis in one vertical half of a patient's body. This is not hemiparesis wherein one half of the body is weakened, i.e. one arm and its corresponding leg are weak. Hemiplegia is similar to hemiparesis, but hemiparesis is considered less severe.[1]
Causes
It can be congenital (occurring before, during, or soon after birth) or acquired (as from illness or stroke).
It is usually the result of a stroke, although disease processes affecting the spinal cord and other diseases affecting the hemispheres are equally capable of producing this clinical state. Hemiplegia can be a more serious consequence of stroke than spasticity.[1]
Cerebral palsy can also affect one hemisphere, resulting in limited function. This does not cause paralysis but instead causes spasms. Cerebral palsy where this is the only symptom is often referred just as hemiplegia.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus can lead to transient hemiplegia.
A rare cause of hemiplegia is due to local anaesthetic injections given intra-arterially rapidly, instead of given in a nerve branch.
Hemiplegic migraine
Hemiplegic migraine is a form of migraine during which the person will experience the feeling of numbness on one side of their body. This feeling will usually pass within 2-12 hour.
See also
References
External links
- CHASA Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association non-profit organization
- HemiHelp, a UK based childhood hemiplegia (cerebral palsy) charity
- AHC Kids Dutch website about Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood
- Spinal Cord Injury Peer Support
Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes (G80-G83, 342-344) | |
|---|---|
| Paresis and plegia NOS | Paralysis - Quadriplegia - Triplegia - Hemiplegia/Hemiparesis - Paraplegia/Diplegia - Monoplegia |
| Flaccid vs. spastic | Flaccid paralysis - Spastic diplegia - Spastic paraplegia |
| Specific types | Cerebral palsy - Cauda equina syndrome - Locked-In syndrome |
ar:فالجfr:Hémiplégie
nl:Hemiplegie
ja:片麻痺fi:Toispuolihalvaus
Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
