hemiplegia

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Recent Examples of hemiplegia About a third experience some form of aura beforehand, often accompanied by debilitating symptoms from vomiting to vertigo, or, in worse cases, temporary blindness or hemiplegia, a paralysis down one side of the body. Matthew Ponsford, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024 Related article Gaza’s chessboard of suffering: Tens of thousands on the move again as IDF issues new evacuation orders Julia suffers from a rare neurological disorder called alternating hemiplegia of childhood, or AHC. Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 10 July 2024 It’s designed to identify what doctors call hemiplegia — weakness or paralysis on only one side of the body, a classic sign of stroke. Eva Holland, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023 Spastic hemiplegia generally affects a hand, arm, or leg on only one side of the body. Lauren Sieben, SELF, 22 Mar. 2022 His conditions — alternating hemiplegia of childhood and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome — involve paralysis and severe epilepsy. Molly Duerig, azcentral, 14 Sep. 2019
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Noun
  • Two of the rats were paralyzed and unable to reach food or water, and a third had paresis and had trouble moving.
    Rob O'Dell, The Arizona Republic, 23 June 2021
  • Doctors diagnosed her with paresis of the vocal folds, a muscular dysfunction.
    New York Times, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2019
Noun
  • The plaintiff, Darwin Boggs, has paraplegia and uses a wheelchair when traveling in public, the suit said.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Those with quadriplegia or paraplegia who continue to drive have to install expensive or sophisticated hardware to control the foot pedals with their hands.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 July 2024
Noun
  • Post The need for more inclusive workplaces for all is undeniable — 91% of workers have experienced discrimination related to race, gender, disability, age, or body size, and 94% of workers care about feeling a sense of belonging at work.
    Lily Zheng, Harvard Business Review, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The aim of the medical humanities is to investigate the experiences of embodiment—including illness, pain, disability—from the subjective perspective of the human, rather than the objective perspective of the practitioner.
    Christopher Rim, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Walker was diagnosed with a rare form of cerebral palsy (spastic diplegia) at 18 months, forcing him to wear leg braces throughout his childhood.
    McKinley Franklin, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Spastic diplegia primarily involves the legs, often causing stiff hip and leg muscles.
    Lauren Sieben, SELF, 22 Mar. 2022
Noun
  • According to state police, Brown allegedly showed signs of impairment and smelled of alcohol.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2025
  • This year, Novo Nordisk plans to report findings from a phase 3 clinical trial to see if semaglutide can slow cognitive impairment and other signs of Alzheimer’s disease progression, even in people without obesity.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 23 Jan. 2025

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