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Paraplegia is an impairment in motor and/or sensory function of the lower extremities. Medical Subject Headings ( MeSH) is a huge Controlled vocabulary (or metadata system for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books It is usually the result of spinal cord injury or a congenital condition such as spina bifida which affects the neural elements of the spinal canal. Spinal cord injury causes myelopathy or damage to white matter or myelinated fiber tracts that carry sensation and motor signals to and from the brain A congenital disorder is a disease or disorder that is present at birth Spina bifida ( Latin: "split spine" is a developmental Birth defect involving the Neural tube: incomplete closure of the Embryonic neural The area of the spinal canal which is affected in paraplegia is either the thoracic, lumbar, or sacral regions. If the arms are also affected by paralysis, tetraplegia is the proper terminology. Quadriplegia, also known as tetraplegia, is a Symptom in which a human experiences Paralysis affecting all four limbs although not necessarily total paralysis
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Causes
The causes range from trauma (acute spinal cord injury: transsection or compression of the cord, usually by bone fragments from vertebral fractures) to tumors (chronic compression of the cord), myelitis transversa and multiple sclerosis.
Peripheral nervous system
Rarer is the type which is caused by damage to the nerves supplying the legs. A nerve is an enclosed cable-like bundle of peripheral Axons (the long slender projections of Neurons. This form of damage is not usually symmetrical and would not cause paraplegia, but polyneuropathy may cause paraplegia if motor fibers are affected. Polyneuropathy is a Neurological disorder that occurs when many Peripheral nerves throughout the body malfunction simultaneously While in theory the arms should also be affected, the fibers that supply the legs are longer and hence more vulnerable to damage. Larry Flynt, noted pornography magnate, sustained this form of nerve damage when he was shot in a murder attempt in 1978, rendering him paraplegic. Larry Claxton Flynt Jr (born November 1, 1942) is an American Publisher and the head of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar)
Complications
Due to decreased movement and loss of the ability to run, paraplegia may cause numerous medical complications, many of which can be prevented with vigilant self care. These include pressure sores (decubitus), thrombosis and pneumonia. Bedsores, more properly known as pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcers, are Lesions caused by many factors such as unrelieved Pressure; friction Thrombosis is the formation of a blood Clot ( Thrombus) inside a Blood vessel, obstructing the flow of Blood through the Circulatory Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the Lung. Frequently it is described as lung Parenchyma / alveolar inflammation and abnormal Physiotherapy and various assistive technology, such as a standing frame, may aid in preventing these complications. Assistive technology (AT is a generic term that includes assistive adaptive and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and includes the process used in selecting A standing frame (also known as a stand, stander, standing technology, standing aid, standing device, standing box,
See also
Quadriplegia, also known as tetraplegia, is a Symptom in which a human experiences Paralysis affecting all four limbs although not necessarily total paralysis Cauda equina syndrome is a serious neurologic condition in which there is acute loss of function of the neurologic elements ( Nerve roots of the spinalDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic