UNDERSTANDING PARALYSIS
When we have to put on the fan or a light, we simply switch on the plug of those ,on the switch board. Now replace the switch board with our brain,the wires with the spinal cords and nerves and fan with any organs like hand ,feet etc. Now suppose we have to move our hand ,a thought will come in our brain.It will send that message via a chemical release to the spinal cord and the nerves and will be finally be delivered to our muscles and that will help us move our hand,feet,etc. Then they will operate as an electric fan runs . Our all the movements are governed by this co ordination of brain,spinal cords ,nerves and muscles. If any of these four doesn't work properly, it may be Paralysis. It may effect our face ,partially or fully, right portion or left portion of our hand/feet or our full body. It depends which portion of the brain is affected, due to which it is unable to send chemical signals to that "part" of that body.
COMMON SYMPTOMS
The brain gives us symptoms before an attack of paralysis takes place (except for SUDDEN CAUSES). We have to feel these in order to save our selves from this disease. Prompt action may divert the disease's affect upon us.
The following are the most common symptoms for paralysis,which may be felt before or after the onset of paralysis in a person . If you feel any of the below symptoms ,you should consult a doctor immediately.
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| BLOOD CLOT (thrombus=blood clot) |
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- HEADACHE
It may be due to frequent headaches that you be feeling, due to high BP or hyper-tension.This is one of the common symptoms which one feels just before getting a head ache.
- DIFFICULTY IN SPEECH
This is also one of the causes that we feel before getting Paralysed. If you want to convey a thing via speech but you are unable to do so properly or you are saying something else than what you want to say,this may relate to paralysis symptoms.
- BLUR VISION
If at frequent times you are unable to clearly see an object, this too might be related to the symptoms of paralysis.
- MEMORY LOSS
It may be yet another cause of paralysis. You may feel that you are frequently forgetting the most common things.
- IMPROPER MOVEMENT/LOSS OF BALANCE
Suppose you want to move in a certain direction like you want to move your hand/feet here but its not responding properly and moving there, this too may be a sign of paralysis.
- TINKLING OF MUSCLES
If you feeling tinkling/jerking at different parts of the body like lips/hands/feet/chest ,these might yet be another symptoms of paralysis.
CAUSES OF PARALYSIS
Strokes are one of the causes for paralysis . Hypertension or high BP patients , who do not take medicines at times or also those who ignore their doctors advice , their blood pressure may shoot off and this may lead to blood hemorrhage in the brain ,causing Stroke,which may in turn develop into paralysis.Other causes of strokes are tobacco smoking,obesity,high blood cholesterol,diabetes,etc
Prevailing diseases like cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, JBS disease ,multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy ,Polio myelitis may also cause paralysis.
Sudden causes like Trauma due to accident in which we get hurt in the brain or spinal cords can also lead to paralysis.It may be due to vehicle related injury or an injury during sports .
These are some other causes also ,depending upon the individual, which may lead to paralysis.
MAIN TYPES OF PARALYSIS
- HEMIPLEGIA OR HEMIPARESIS
(Hemi means half) This is a conditon in which half the body doesn't work partially or fully .For instance, half portion of face like eyes ,mouth,lips or the half portion of the face as a whole. Like wise if we take our hand,some fingers may be affected or the wrist or the hand as a whole. The left portion of the brain controls the right portion of our body and vice-versa. So suppose if our left portion of the brain gets damaged,it will effect the left portion movement of our body,partially or fully.
2. PARTIAL PARALYSIS OR PARA PLEGIA
In this condition ,normally the lower body is affected like feet and you may have to use a wheel chair/walking stick to walk around. This may be mainly caused by trauma due to an injury on the spinal cord via vehicle/sport etc related accidents.
3. QUADRA PLEGIA
In this condition,normally,the region below neck doesn't work i.e. almost the whole body.
This was my first blog regarding Paralysis. In my following blogs under this heading, ill discuss common home made natural remedies , which will help in healing a paralysed person. Thanks for reading 😊
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