spastic hemiplegia

Spastic hemiplegia occurs either at birth or in the womb.

Patients with spastic hemiplegia are a high risk for experiencing seizures.

Of these births about 20-30% of them suffer from spastic hemiplegia.

Nutrition is essential for the proper growth and development for a child with spastic hemiplegia.

There are many different brain dysfunctions that can account for the cause for spastic hemiplegia.

Spastic hemiplegia is one side being affected.

Many patients with spastic hemiplegia are subjected to canes, walkers and even wheel chairs.

Posturing due to stroke usually only occurs on one side of the body and may also be referred to as spastic hemiplegia.

About 20-30% of patients who suffer from cerebral palsy are suffering from spastic hemiplegia.

The severity of spastic hemiplegia is dependent upon the degree of the brain or nerve damage.

Malformations of the veins or arteries in any part of the body can lead to spastic hemiplegia.

Brain infections that cause spastic hemiplegia are meningitis, multiple sclerosis, and encephalitis.

Leukodystorphies are a group of hereditary diseases that are known to cause Spastic Hemiplegia.

Fraser was born with spastic hemiplegia, a form of cerebral palsy where one side of the body is affected.

Spastic hemiplegia is a neuromuscular condition of spasticity that results in the muscles on one side of the body being in a constant state of contraction.

With spastic hemiplegia, one upper extremity and one lower extremity is affected, so cervical, lumbar and sacral segments of the spinal column can be affected.

Typically, people that have spastic hemiplegia are the most ambulatory, although they generally have dynamic equinus on the affected side and are primarily prescribed ankle-foot orthoses to prevent said equinus.

Born in Manchester, the son of a prostitute, Lee was brought up in children's homes and suffered from epilepsy and congenital spastic hemiplegia in his right limbs, which left him with a limp in his right leg and a compulsion to hold his right arm across his chest.