Paresis
| Paresis | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Neurology |
| Symptoms | Loss of motor skills |
| Causes | Stroke |
In medicine, paresis (vocal cords (vocal cord paresis).
Neurologists use the term paresis to describe weakness, and plegia to describe
Ancient Greek
: πάρεσις 'letting go' from παρίημι 'to let go, to let fall'.
Types
Limbs
- Monoparesis– One leg or one arm
- Paraparesis– Both legs
- Hemiparesis – The loss of function to only one side of the body
- Triparesis – Three limbs. This can either mean both legs and one arm, both arms and a leg, or a combination of one arm, one leg, and face
- Double Hemiparesis– All four limbs are involved, but one side of the body is more affected than the other
- Tetraparesis– All four limbs
- Quadriparesis– All four limbs, equally affected
- These terms frequently refer to the impairment of motion in multiple sclerosis[1] and cerebral palsy[2]
Other
- Gastroparesis – impaired stomach emptying
- A form of ophthalmoplegia
- Spastic paresis – exaggerated tendon reflexes and muscle hypertonia[3]
- In the past, the term was most commonly used to refer to " However, due to improvements in treatment of syphilis, it is now rarely used in this context.
See also
- Asthenia
- Ataxia
- Atony
- Catatonia
- Fatigue (physical)
- Facial nerve paralysis
- Hypotonia
- Malaise
- Muscle weakness
- Palsy
References
- ^ a b MedlinePlus Encyclopedia: 000748
- ^ "Types of Cerebral Palsy". cerebralpalsy.org. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ISBN 1-888799-35-8.
External links
Look up paresis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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