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Paraplegia
Paraplegia is an inability to move the legs due to damage to the spinal cord.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
How long it usually lasts:
How common it is:
Baby 0-2 | Rare | ||||
Preteen 6-13 | Rare | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Very common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Very common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common |
How it can usually be treated?
How is it usually diagnosed?
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A 45-year old asked:
What can be some hardships with paraplegia?
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A 18-year old female asked:
What kind of physical injury could cause a child paraplegia?
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A 34-year old asked:
Can you have paraplegia and also be an amputee?
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A 39-year old asked:
Whats the different between paraplegia and quadriplegia?
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Can functional magnetic stimulation (fms) help treat paraplegia?
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What are the major differences between paraplegia and quadriplegia?
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What's the main difference between paraplegia and quadriplegia, if any?
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A 42-year old asked:
Are there treatments for paraplegia?
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A 40-year old asked:
What is the treatment for paraplegia?
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A 25-year old asked:
What is the definition of spastic paraplegia?
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A 36-year old asked:
What is the definition of hereditary spastic paraplegia?
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A 49-year old asked:
What can you tell me about spastic paraplegia? How dangerous is it?
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A 45-year old asked:
Intense depression over paraplegia and personal life, what do you recommend I do?
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A 42-year old asked:
Paraparisis cause? Its also known as familiar spastic paraplegia?
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A 23-year old asked:
Is cauda equina syndrome an incomplete paraplegia?
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A 47-year old asked:
Will adult congenital kyphosis lead to paraplegia?
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A 24-year old asked:
Is there a cure for paraplegia caused by a c6-c7 spinal injury?
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A 30-year old asked:
Which condition/disorder would prevent movement in legs (besides paraplegia)?
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A 39-year old male asked:
My wife is 29 & is diagnosed with koch's spine with (lt) psoas abscess, paraplegia/bladder affection.She's under treatment.Will she be cured?
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A 34-year old male asked:
I was a paraplegia patient no control over bowel.now stools collecting through digital evacuation. Is there any other safe way to collect stools?
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A 55-year old female asked about a 60-year old male:
My husband had a genetic screen for Heredetary Spastic Paraplegia. 1 faulty gene showed up. Would this mean he could have the disease?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Iam 38 yr male, wid 5 yr sci at d12-l1 level. Now ambulatory wid 1 crutch n AFO on right foot. Paraplegia gone, have stress incontinence. Pl advise?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Can u treat hereditary spastic paralegia?
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A 62-year old male asked:
My 42 y.O. Son experienced sudden onset lower parapalegia that resolved after 24 hrs. He now has u-shaped marks on buttocks, pain and numbness in leg ?
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A 58-year old female asked about a female:
Grandbaby has spinal bifida intrauterine.Sono shows. Only movement. Of. Shoulders. Elbows. Knees.Is this conclusive of lower extremity paralysis?
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Am I dying?
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Am I dying?
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