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One sided paralysis
One-sided paralysis is a clinical finding in which a person is unable to move on one side of his body. This is often due to a stroke.
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A 33-year old asked:
How does someone get one-sided paralysis?
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A 34-year old asked:
What kind of stroke leaves you with one-sided paralysis?
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A 31-year old asked:
Treatment for one-sided paralysis?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Could a pituitary tumor cause temporary one sided facial drooping without paralysis? Low TSH (normal T3 (liothyronine) & T4) Low ACTH. Waiting on more test results.
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A 31-year old male asked:
Is it possible to have unilateral rectal paralysis, leaving stool thin and odd shaped due to one side of rectal wall not relaxing?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Is it possible to have panic attacks with temporary paralysis (Pseudoparalysis) as been getting attacks and one side of my body gets in awful pain and?
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A 36-year old male asked:
Is it true that one of the side effects of hypokalemic periodic paralysis is nephropathy? Why? What's therefore the solution to this? Please explain.
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A 25-year old male asked:
Have Bell's palsy, one month so far but noticed my eye brow on side of paralysis is higher than the normal side of face. Is this common or normal?
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A 20-year old female asked:
If I had Bells Palsy once on one side of my face, how likely is it for me to get Bells Palsy again?
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A 36-year old asked:
Are there any exercises to work the muscles on one side of the face if you had bell's palsy?
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A 47-year old asked:
How can one cure a bells palsy headache affecting right side of head just above the neck on the affected side?
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A 42-year old asked:
Can palsy (like facial palsy which can cause the muscles on one side of the face to go limp) be inherited?
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A 31-year old male asked:
My baby is suffering from facial nerve palsy due to birth trauma (as she cannot close her one eye and move her lip of left side while crying) please help?
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A 56-year old female asked:
What causes paralysis on the left side of the body when its not a stroke ?
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A 30-year old asked:
My husband's right side of the face has been dropping and his cheeks feel flat. Is this some form of paralysis?
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A 41-year old asked:
Every once in a while I have no control over my right side of body. What's going on? Is this some form of paralysis?
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A 33-year old asked:
Does left side paralysis accompany hemiplegia?
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A 35-year old asked:
What can cause spastic paralysis on the right side of the body?
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A 56-year old female asked:
What could be the cause of left side partial paralysis that is not a stroke?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Do u think stroke patient with right side paralysis would benefit from massage?
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A 31-year old female asked:
What should I be careful of when performing a massage on a stroke patient with right side paralysis
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A female asked:
Is paralysis a major risk of a spinal tap? I am due to receive one and I am completely terrified of this outcome!
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A 26-year old female asked:
Hey in the case of left side paralysis because of falling and hit the head is there any surgery i can perform that assist my left side?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I currently have a client who had a stroke and is currently experiencing right side paralysis... All his pain is in neck so would it be safe to touch?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is it true that no one really knows the cause of sleep paralysis terrors?
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A 41-year old asked:
I'm have partial paralysis of left side , & cramps any suggestions, please?
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A 36-year old asked:
What can cause right side facial paralysis, right side lower head pains and a temperature?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Hi I have Facial paralysis in my right side of my face. My medicine program finished 2 days ago and have very pain in my right side for 2 days.
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A member asked about a 63-year old female:
What could be a cause for right-side paralysis in my 63 year old mother?
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A 38-year old asked:
Epilepsy, mental retardation and paralysis, are they all related to one another?
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