Hemiplegia

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Hemiplegia
ICD-10 G80.2, G81
ICD-9 342-343, 438.2
MeSH D006429

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]


Hemiplegia is a condition where there is paralysis in one vertical half of a patient's body. This is not hemiparesis wherein one half of the body is weakened, i.e. one arm and its corresponding leg are weak. Hemiplegia is similar to hemiparesis, but hemiparesis is considered less severe.[1]

Causes

It can be congenital (occurring before, during, or soon after birth) or acquired (as from illness or stroke).

It is usually the result of a stroke, although disease processes affecting the spinal cord and other diseases affecting the hemispheres are equally capable of producing this clinical state. Hemiplegia can be a more serious consequence of stroke than spasticity.[2]

Cerebral palsy can also affect one hemisphere, resulting in limited function. This does not cause paralysis but instead causes spasms. Cerebral palsy where this is the only symptom is often referred just as hemiplegia.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus can lead to transient hemiplegia.

A rare cause of hemiplegia is due to local anaesthetic injections given intra-arterially rapidly, instead of given in a nerve branch.

Common Causes

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular
Chemical / poisoning
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect
Ear Nose Throat
Endocrine
Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic
Genetic
Hematologic
Iatrogenic No underlying causes
Infectious Disease
Musculoskeletal / Ortho
Neurologic
Nutritional / Metabolic
Obstetric/Gynecologic
Oncologic
Opthalmologic
Overdose / Toxicity No underlying causes
Psychiatric
Pulmonary No underlying causes
Renal / Electrolyte
Rheum / Immune / Allergy
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma No underlying causes
Urologic No underlying causes
Dental No underlying causes
Miscellaneous

Causes in Alphabetical Order

  • Acute infantile hemiplegia
  • Birth injury
  • Brushfield-Wyatt syndrome
  • Cerebral agenesis
  • Primary neoplasm
  • Raymond-Foville syndrome

Hemiplegic migraine

Hemiplegic migraine is a form of migraine during which the person will experience the feeling of numbness on one side of their body. This feeling will usually pass within 2-12 hour.

See also

References

  1. http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/gait/hemiplegic/intro.asp
  2. Patten C, Lexell J, Brown HE. Weakness and strength training in persons with poststroke hemiplegia: Rationale, method, and efficacy. J Rehab Res Dev 2004;41:293-312. Fulltext. PMID 15543447.

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