Symptoms of paralysis

• January 22, 2019
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Symptoms of paralysis

The prime symptom of paralysis is the incapacity to move a part of your body, or failure to move the entire body. Paralysis can begin all of a sudden or gradually. In some cases it comes and goes.

Paralysis can have an effect on any given part of the body, such as:

• Face
• Hands
• When only one leg or arm is affected, it is called monoplegia
• When one side of the body is affected it is called hemiplegia
• If both the legs get affected, it is called paraplegia
• If both arms and legs are affected, it is known as quadriplegia or tetraplegia
• The part of the body which is affected can be:
• Stiff (this is spastic paralysis), with sporadic muscle spasms
• Floppy ( this is flaccid paralysis)
• Numb, sore or prickly