Hemiplegia

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	[[Category:Neuropsychological syndromes]]		[[Category:Neuropsychological syndromes]]
		+	'''Hemiplegia'''
		+	Hemiplegia is defined as total or partial paralyses of one side of the body that results from disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain.
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		+	'''Causes'''
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		+	Hemiplegia can be congenital, which is occurring before, during, or soon after birth, or acquired as from illness or stroke. The general cause of Hemiplegia is interruption of blood supply via the mid-celebral artery.
		+	Can be due to:  ''Aneurysm, Haemorrhage, Clot''
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		+	'''Improvements'''
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		+	Many time patients with Hemiplegia can get better. This is because hemiplegia can also affect adjacent neurons where activity ia affected by change in blood supply. In later stages these neurons can go back to normal level of functioning, helping the patient in achieving movement. Also different parts of the brain can learn to hadle body movements, after long periods of hemiplegia.
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		+	[http://youtube.com/watch?v=u8GYJpySNRo]

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Hemiplegia Hemiplegia is defined as total or partial paralyses of one side of the body that results from disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain.

Causes

Hemiplegia can be congenital, which is occurring before, during, or soon after birth, or acquired as from illness or stroke. The general cause of Hemiplegia is interruption of blood supply via the mid-celebral artery. Can be due to: Aneurysm, Haemorrhage, Clot

Improvements

Many time patients with Hemiplegia can get better. This is because hemiplegia can also affect adjacent neurons where activity ia affected by change in blood supply. In later stages these neurons can go back to normal level of functioning, helping the patient in achieving movement. Also different parts of the brain can learn to hadle body movements, after long periods of hemiplegia.

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