Search results for "Paralysis" - New World Encyclopedia

The paralysis Alfonso VI suffered from was of his right arm and foot ... based and consequently causes Hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of the body ...

and leads to respiratory and musculoskeletal paralysis. ... severe constipation, and eventually, body paralysis. The respiratory muscles ...

unconsciousness followed by death through paralysis of respiratory muscles ... except the heart. This causes muscle paralysis, collapse of the diaphragm ...

E.) and Diogenes Laertius (iv. 60) he died from paralysis due to excessive drinking. ==Thought and Influence== In the Introduction to Lives of ...

injury. Severe damage can result in paralysis and poliomyelitis results ... parasthesias) and loss of motor function (paralysis). Among the types of paralysis ...

*Functional hyperopia—from paralysis of accommodation. ==Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment== Detection through normal eye exams or photo ...

#039;s disease, seizures, stroke, paralysis, coma, epilepsy, meningitis ... are Alzheimer's disease, seizures, paralysis, coma, Parkinson's ...

and can result in temporary or permanent paralysis, and even death. Poliovirus ... Although polio has caused paralysis and death for much of human history ...

with age. In extreme (fortunately rare) cases, paralysis can result. ==Related nutrients== Many of the following substances have been referred ...

one part of the brain could be associated with paralysis on the opposite side of the body. The Edwin Smith Papyrus includes the first descriptions of ...

(1898), and Wales (1902). In 1907, ill health and paralysis forced him to retire from Oxford, and he died the following year on November 1, 1908. ...

Fainting Fits; Wine and Oil; Sight; Perspiration; Paralysis; Suffocation; Concretion and Liquefaction; Self-Produced Animals; The Sea; Meteors; Fruits; ...

sexual repression as the cause of a hysterical paralysis of a young girl’s arm, he faced allegations from the girl’s parents and was forced to resign ...

may have been experiencing waking dreams or sleep paralysis. Also, nocturnal arousal, orgasm, or nocturnal emission could be explained by the idea of ...

small and dysfunctional, prone to infection, paralysis, and muscular atrophy. A woman with bound feet could not walk normally and had to be supported ...

lack of coverage, of Franklin D. Roosevelt's paralysis three decades earlier and before television became commercially available. After losing several ...

surgery she suffered four strokes which caused paralysis in the right side of her face and in her left arm, and left her with slurred speech. She commenced ...

in a hypnotic trance but reverted back to paralysis upon awakening. Hart suggested ... his voice loss was due to psychological paralysis and could be cured by increasing ...

Diphtheria can also cause paralysis in the eye, neck, throat, or respiratory muscles. Individuals with severe cases are put in a hospital intensive ...

tremors, weakness, anxiety, dyspnea, and paralysis. This may be the result of its ability to block potassium ion channels, which are critical ...

family. The most medically important tick is the Paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus. It is found in a 20-kilometrt band that follows the eastern coastline ...

that disable muscle contraction and cause paralysis. Death from elapid bites usually results from asphyxiation because the diaphragm can no longer ...

Shoemaker later worked with the Paralysis Project, where he served as honorary chair. After his accident, Shoemaker was asked if he had any words ...

kidneys, and severed spinal cords to demonstrate paralysis. Galen also experimented with barbary apes and goats, though he emphasized that he practiced ...

In 1822, he was struck with paralysis, but recovered sufficiently to enable him to resume his studies. In 1827 he published the third volume ...

Serious stings may cause anaphylaxis and eventual paralysis, and hence people stung by jellyfish (or some box jellyfish, another type of cnidarian) must ...

From 1856, Whately began to suffer from a paralysis of the left side. Still he continued the active discharge of his public duties till the summer ...

failure—suffocation caused by complete paralysis of the diaphragm. ==Rhythm== [[Image:Snake in basket.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Cobra being charmed]] ...

Oakley fully recovered after suffering temporary paralysis and undergoing several spinal operations. Soon after she left the Buffalo Bill show and began ...

coordinating movements and respiratory paralysis. In severe cases, death may occur. Heart infection can also cause death. Symptoms are most severe ...

Alzheimer's disease, seizures, paralysis, coma, Parkinson's ... as Alzheimer's disease, seizures, paralysis, coma, meningitis, encephalitis ...

vomiting, or shock. Difficulty breathing, paralysis, drooling, and massive hemorrhaging are also common symptoms. When bitten by a rattlesnake ...

suffered a stroke in 1950 resulting in partial paralysis that ended his days as a pianist. He died in New York City in 1952. ==The Henderson band== ...

can lead to a condition called sway back or paralysis of hind quarters. In black-coated animals, the toxicity of this metal is characterized by depigmentation ...

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spirochete) in the brain of a progressive paralysis patient, proving that the spirochete was the cause of the disease. Dr. Noguchi's name ...

arts, introducing tea to China, and the alleged paralysis of his legs from stillness, which is still seen in the Japanese cultural practice of making ...

excess. He suffered a massive stroke in 1866 and paralysis followed. The last two years of his life were spent in "maisons de santé" in Brussels ...

Withered hands Dropsy, Deafness, Blindness, Paralysis) ===Exorcisms=== ... were made to; similarly, healing paralysis has been interpreted as ...

On his passing in 1908 from a general paralysis, Edward MacDowell was buried in MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. ==Compositional ...

response. Severe deficiency leads to respiratory paralysis, alkalosis, and arrhythmia. Eating a variety of foods that contain potassium is the ...

to break the person's neck, causing immediate paralysis and immobilization (and perhaps immediate unconsciousness). ===Long drop=== ...

Category:Psychologists Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth [[Image:Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926 - 2004).jpg|thumb|Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926 - 2004)]] ...

attack of nephritis, which resulted in partial paralysis. He was able to sustain the effects of the disease until May 13, 1878, the day of his death ...

have suffered serious, lasting injuries and paralysis after severe gymnastics-related accidents. For instance, in 1998, world-class Chinese artistic ...

syphilis, which caused much pain and partial paralysis from locomotor ataxia in his later years. His left foot was amputated due to gangrene 11 days before ...

elected in 1993 led to governmental paralysis, which provided Col. Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara a rationale to overthrow the government in 1996 ...

bound, and as he contemplates his isolation and paralysis, he spots a huge figure traveling across the ice on a dog sledge. This is Victor Frankenstein ...

also a general antidote, particularly for nerve paralysis and urinary weakness. Though homeopathy is not universally acknowledged as an effective mode ...

in his spinal cord which caused first pain, then paralysis. The disease eventually conquered Jones when he died in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1971. Bobby ...

domestic animals, such as cows, could cause paralysis or mysterious illnesses. Due to belief in fairies as tricksters, a considerable lore developed ...

He suffered later from dementia, paranoia, paralysis, and other symptoms. Despite his ill health, he recorded six piano rolls that year—Maple ...

caused by the mischief of the elves, and sudden paralysis was sometimes attributed to "elf-stroke." The following excerpt from a 1750 ode ...

refers to symptoms of severe maladies, such as paralysis of the limbs and of the tongue (3:25-26). He also engages in graphic sexual imagery to portray ...

25, she was miraculously healed of blindness and paralysis that she suffered from an accident at age 20. She was especially devoted to St. Therese of ...

Temporary respiratory paralysis and possibly burns. |} ===Point of entry=== *Macroshock: Current across intact skin and through the body. Current ...

===City paralysis=== The situation reached a crisis on May 7, 1963. Breakfast in the jail took four hours to distribute to all the prisoners. ...

two or both recurrent laryngeal nerves may cause paralysis of the vocal cords and their associated muscles, changing voice quality. ...

my right arm," referring to his right-side paralysis, an injury he sustained in World War II. ==Personal Life== On June 23, 1930, Rockefeller ...

In 1930, his father began suffering from face paralysis, and doctors determined that the cause was a brain aneurysm. He remained hospitalized for eight ...

had left the empire in a state of economic paralysis. Against this background, Chen Duxiu became an increasingly influential activist in the revolutionary ...

channels may lead to rheumatism, epilepsy, paralysis, and convulsions as fluids and channels are diverted from their ideal locations. Sweating is favored ...

to the brain or spinal chord would lead to paralysis of the parts of the organs whose nerve supply was damaged or destroyed. Al-Razi warned that ...

harder, or for amputees or those affected by paralysis. ==Clothing and equipment== ===Swimsuits=== [[File:Boardshorts.jpg|thumb|300px|Boardshorts ...

=== Anthills, paralysis, and final years === In 1987 Achebe released his fifth novel, Anthills of the Savannah, about a military coup in the fictional ...

. The prognosis was grim: rapidly increasing paralysis, difficulty in swallowing and speaking, and a life expectancy of fewer than three years, although ...

lake. The result was total and permanent paralysis from the waist down. At ... Although the paralysis had no cure (and still does not, although polio ...

**sleep paralysis ==Treatment== There are many treatments that are effective for objective tinnitus. But there are no clear effective treatments ...

procedure that resulted in permanent paralysis of his lower limbs. The plaintiff sued on the basis that the potential risk had not been disclosed ...

produce a neurotoxin that can cause convulsions, paralysis, respiratory and cardiac failure, and death. Scorpions have fascinated human beings ...

which was then known as "cerebral paralysis." He published several ... She presented with symptoms such as paralysis of the limbs, split personality ...

neuroses, and a victim of syphilis, infection, paralysis, palsy, cholesterol, or even a toothache. Scholarly as well as amateur speculation assigned Lisa ...

*Catastrophic injury (paralysis, disfigurement, loss of limb). *Substance abuse. *Adverse environment (sexual abuse, poverty, homelessness, discrimination ...

analysis of the stagnation and paralysis of Dublin society. The stories incorporate epiphanies—a word used particularly by Joyce—by which ...

percent, and has caused death by respiratory paralysis in a few minutes at 10 percent concentration. Halon 1301 causes only slight giddiness at its effective ...

may experience difficulty in coordination, paralysis, severe headaches, and dementia. Syphilis can also spread to the eye during any of these stages ...

of technological innovation and paralysis of development" (Cameron 2006). In addition, Bailey (1999) notes the potential that "anyone ...

the catastrophe, entered into a state of semi-paralysis and underwent such a psychological shock that her mental balance remained profoundly and ...

to weakening of the limbs in 1821, and paralysis from the beginning of 1822. His last works were dictated to his wife or to a secretary. ...

of heaviness in limbs known as leaden paralysis, and significant long-term social impairment as a consequence of hypersensitivity to perceived ...

and an aporia [something impassable]?...the paralysis and impossibility of an aporia is just what impels deconstruction, what rouses it out of bed ...

quot; in his last plea, which led to "semi-paralysis of the will" and Hegelian "unhappy consciousness." The result was a curious ...

a range of medical disorders such as seizures, paralysis, and internal bleeding. In 1920 the effects of alcohol abuse and chronic drunkenness boosted ...

The First Chechen War also known as the War in Chechnya was fought between Russia and Chechnya from 1994 to 1996 and resulted in Chechnya's ...

quot; in his last plea, which led to "semi-paralysis of the will" and Hegelian "unhappy consciousness", which likely stemmed not ...

Willie, Forrest's son, would be afflicted with paralysis of his left side reportedly following a play entitled The Clansmen, which was based ...

neuritis, a disease causing heart problems and paralysis) but British sailors did not. Adding milk and meat to Japanese diets prevented the disease. ...

the past century. Prior to World War II, infantile paralysis (or polio) was widely accepted as the cause. This is the diagnosis used in Robert Graves ...

idiocy, hallucination, erotomania, and paralysis in the gardens of the Hospice de la Salpêtrière, Paris.]] By the end of the seventeenth century ...

and plunged it into political paralysis and anarchy for over a century, from the mid-seventeenth- to the end of the eighteenth century, while ...

nowhere for him to flee to, he fell into a paralysis of indecision. Certainly he was more than qualified for the job, himself a child prodigy with a ...

entered into a secret alliance to maintain the paralysis of law and order within Poland—the "Alliance of the Three Black Eagles" since all ...

26, 1922 and March 10, 1923, which resulted in paralysis, loss of speech and finally death on January 21, 1924. With Lenin increasingly sidelined throughout ...