Hemiplegia is the treatment of disease. Symptoms and prevention of the disease hemiplegia

Hemiplegia is a complete loss of arbitrary movements in the arm and leg on one side of the body. In some cases there is a paralysis of the facial muscles and tongue.

Hemiplegia-causes

Organic causes include hemiplegia:

• Blood circulation of the brain (cerebral hemorrhage, cerebrovascular spasm, thrombosis of cerebral vessels)
• Inflammatory diseases of the brain (brain abscess, araxnoidit)
• Brain Tumors

Violation is caused by faulty motor pyramid system of the brain.

Functional hemiplegia caused by hysteria and is a symptom of dissociative disorders.

Risk factors include hemiplegia:

• Heart and vascular disease in the elderly
• Brain injury history
• Childbirth with complications (risk to children)
• Blood diseases
• Overeating
• Alcohol and drug addiction, smoking

The symptoms of hemiplegia

Organic hemiplegia is accompanied by the following symptoms:

• Increased muscle tone and tendon reflexes
• Pathological reflexes in paralyzed limbs
• Stiffness of the limbs, combined with dysfunction of mimic muscles on the affected and/or on the opposite side of the
• Sinjushnost skin on the affected side
• Puffiness
• Cold extremities

When functional hemiplegia not observed violations of muscle tone and changes reflexes. Manifestations may disappear spontaneously.

Hemiplegia-Diagnostics

Diagnosis is based on the results of the examination of the patient by a doctor-neurologist and electromyography.

Hemiplegia is a kind of disease

Depending on the cause of distinguish organic and functional gemiplegiu.

Also entails the following varieties of hemiplegia:

• Alternatirujushhaja: the defeat of the muscles on the side of the body, the opposite finding pathological
• Saggy: reduced muscle tone, due to lesion of the brain or spinal cord
• Gomolateralnaja (ipsiliteralnaja): muscle paralysis on the side of finding pathological process due to lesions of the upper section of the spinal cord
• Cross (Phillips): paralysis of the hands and feet due to the defeat of the opposite of the medulla oblongata
• Central (spastic): the defeat of the pyramidal tract, accompanied by paralysis, gipertonusom muscles and pathological reflexes
• Spinal: the defeat of the pyramidal tract, due to pathological hotbed in the upper cervical spine. Muscle paralysis occurs on the side of finding hearth
• Hysterical hemiplegia: occurs when the hysteria and completely passes unchanged reflexes and violations of muscle tone

Hemiplegia patient actions

If there is a violation of the capacity to arbitrary movement of hand and foot and other symptoms, characteristic of hemiplegia, urgently need to see a doctor.

Hemiplegia - Treating hemiplegia

The mainstay of treatment of hemiplegia are measures to address the underlying disease, has caused the development of muscle paralysis.

Besides, therapy involves the use of vitamin c and group b to improve the general condition; reception of funds to improve the work of the cardiovascular and nervous systems; reception of funds to reduce muscle tone. The patient must systematically stimulate the paralysed limb. Treatments include remedial physical education, massage, water procedures. Physiotherapy is assigned through 7-10 days after the start of the main disease, massage to start over 10-20 days.

Hemiplegia-Complications

Perhaps the strongest abnormal movements, which is accompanied by the reduction or absence of muscular strength in the Group of muscles and/or muscle contractures, ankylosis of joints.

prevention gemiplegii

• To common prevention methods include hemiplegia:
• Maintaining a healthy lifestyle
• Rational balanced diet
• Physical activity
• Preventive medical examinations
• Respect for patients at risk of all the recommendations of the attending physician