noun
definition
Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.
synonyms
verb
definition
To paralyse, either completely or partially.
Examples of palsy in a Sentence
Cerebral palsy in infants may not be diagnosed until a child is several months old.
In cases of obstruction or of palsy of the gullet, his three modes of treatment are ingenious.
Cerebral palsy in infants generally means that many developmental milestones are delayed.
However, if cerebral palsy is diagnosed earlier, early intervention is certainly encouraged.
For more information on cerebral palsy, visit the About Cerebral Palsy.org website and talk to your doctor about any questions you may have.
Clooney suffered from Bell's Palsy while in high school.
The film is based on the story of a man born with severe Cerebral Palsy.
Affected children have marked developmental and motor delays in the form of cerebral palsy and mental retardation may also be present.
Common neurological conditions associated with spasticity include cerebral palsy, brain injury or trauma, severe head injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and some metabolic diseases.
A diagnosis of spasticity is often made with the diagnosis of cerebral palsy or following a brain or spinal cord injury.
One study indicated that ambulatory and non-ambulatory adolescents with cerebral palsy had decreased energy needs compared with a control group of normal adolescents.
Some names, such as obstetric Erb's palsy, refer to the specific region of the brachial plexus where the injury has occurred.
Obstetric Erb's palsy is an injury in the upper brachial plexus involving C5 and C6 and sometimes C7.
Children with Klumpke's palsy have normal use of the shoulder and elbow but weakness or paralysis in the hand and fingers.
Also called Erb/Klumpke palsy, total plexus palsy involves all of the nerve roots of the brachial plexus to at least some extent.
In another study of 28 infants with damage to the upper brachial plexus and 38 infants with total plexus palsy, 92 percent recovered spontaneously.
Erb's palsy has the best prognosis since, although shoulder, elbow, and forearm function may be affected, the hands and fingers are not affected.
In addition Erb's palsy may lead to secondary deformities as the child grows.
Erb's palsy or paralysis-A condition caused by an injury to the upper brachial plexus, involving the cervical nerves C5, C6, and sometimes C7, affecting the upper arm and the rotation of the lower arm.
Total plexus palsy-Erb/Klumpke palsy; a condition resulting from injury involving all of the brachial plexus nerves and affecting the entire upper extremity of the body.
There are numerous support groups across the United States for the families of children with Erb's palsy and other brachial plexopathies.
Because of its variable symptoms, A-T is often misdiagnosed as a form of cerebral palsy or as slow development.
Children with cerebral palsy often have neurological damage at birth and the use of physical therapy or speech therapy enhances their outcome.
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the term used for a group of nonprogressive disorders of movement and posture caused by abnormal development of, or damage to, motor control centers of the brain.
Palsy means paralysis but may also be used to describe uncontrolled muscle movement.
Therefore, cerebral palsy encompasses any disorder of abnormal movement and paralysis caused by abnormal function of the cerebral cortex.
Cerebral palsy cannot be cured, but many of the disabilities it causes can be managed through planning and timely care.
Cerebral palsy can affect every stage of maturation, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood.
People with mild cerebral palsy may have near-normal lifespan, but the lifespan of those with more severe forms may be shortened.
Everything You Need to Know about Cerebral Palsy.
Infants born at 30 weeks of gestation or less are at risk for blindness, cerebral palsy, and brain hemorrhages.
The most common causes of this type of scoliosis are cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy.
These problems can include major health conditions including cerebral palsy, mental retardation, blindness, deafness, and diabetes.
Asphyxia has also been implicated as a cause of cerebral palsy, although many cases of cerebral palsy have occurred without evidence of birth asphyxia.
In Bell's palsy, this nerve becomes compressed due to swelling and inflammation that is a part of the body's reaction to an infectious disease process.
Bell's palsy, in itself, is not contagious.
In the past, Bell's palsy was thought to be a highly uncommon occurrence.
Because diseases that compromise the immune system such as HIV infection or sarcoidosis can also result in Bell's palsy, there are geographical variations in the incidence of the disease.
Bell's palsy is seen more commonly in areas where AIDS or sarcoidosis are more prevalent, but its incidence overall throughout the world remains constant.
The majority of Bell's palsy sufferers are adults.
Diabetics are four times more apt to contract Bell's palsy than non-diabetics.
Though children are considered far less likely than adults to contract Bell's palsy, they are not immune from it.
There is no difference in the incidence of Bell's palsy between males and females, nor does race seem to be a factor.
The number of children that contract left-sided Bell's palsy is no different from the number that get the right-sided form.
As noted previously, Bell's palsy occurs as a manifestation of the body's reaction to microbial infection of the structures surrounding the seventh cranial nerve.
As early as 1970, a study by researcher Shingo Murakami identified HSV-1 as the primary cause of Bell's palsy.
The bacterial infection involved in Lyme disease has also been demonstrated as causing some cases of Bell's palsy.
Impairment of the immune system has been unquestionably determined to be the reason why Herpes Viruses are reactivated from a dormant state and re-infect children causing Bell's palsy.
In 2003, another internasal flu vaccine was licensed in the United States, and this vaccine has so far shown no increased occurrence of Bell's palsy.
Clearly the overwhelming majority of children that contract mononucleosis, cold sores, Lyme disease, cold or flu do not develop Bell's palsy.