Any part of our body can become paralyzed at any time in our lives, and it can be localized or generalized, partial or complete, temporary or permanent. If this happens to us, we won’t likely feel any pain in the affected areas.
Uninjured nerves send signals to muscles, which in turn cause muscles to move, resulting in paralysis, which prevents a person from moving specific body parts. Paralysis is a condition in which a person cannot move their muscles voluntarily.
SYMPTOMS OF PARALYSIS
The inability to move any part of our body, or to move at all, is the primary symptom of paralysis.
It can begin abruptly or gradually, and it occasionally comes and goes.
Every body part is susceptible to paralysis, including:
- Face
- Hands
- (Monoplegia) One arm or leg
- (Hemiaplegia) A physical impairment on one side
- Both legs (paraplegia)
- (Quadruplegia or Tetraplegia) Both arms and legs
Another body part that could be impacted is:
- Muscle spasms every now and then, stiff (spastic paralysis).
- Floppy (flaccid paralysis)
- Numbness, painful or tingling
CAUSES OF PARALYSIS
The following are some common causes of paralysis:
- a transient ischaemic attack (TIA, also known as a “mini-stroke”)
- Bell’s palsy
- Sleep paralysis
- injury to the spinal cord or the head
- Multiple sclerosis
- Hypokalemia or intermittent paralysis caused by myasthenia gravis
OTHER CAUSES OF PARALYSIS
As additional causes of paralysis:
- Brain tumour
- inherited muscular dystrophy, Friedreich’s ataxia, or spastic paraplegia
- Lambert-Eaton mysathenic syndrome, motor neuron disease, and spinal muscular atrophy
- Spina bifida, spinal muscular atrophy, or Guillain-Barré syndrome palsy
- Lyme disease
- Post-polio syndrome
- Head and neck cancer, skin cancer, or a tumor on a nerve
DIAGNOSIS OF PARALYSIS
- X-rays,
- CT scans,
- imaging tests such as MRI scans.
- Myelography should be performed in the event of spinal cord damage.
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE OF PARALYSIS
RHUSTOX :Very effective medication for paralysis of the lower extremities. Effective for all types of paralysis caused by rheumatic disease, exposure to moisture, or getting wet. Recommended for paralysis brought on by typhus and nervous fever with a dragging gait. There is a lot of stiffness in the limbs from damp, cold weather. Also effective for paralysis of the muscles of the eyes and face.
GELSEMIUM :It is recommended for weakness in the lower body, heaviness, complete relaxation, lack of muscular coordination, and post-diphtheric and infantile paralysis. It is also helpful for paralysis caused by emotions, paralysis of the ocular or laryngeal muscles, as well as for paralysis of the ocular or laryngeal muscles. There is thickness in speech from paretic condition of the tongue.
CAUSTICUM :It is especially effective for paralyzing isolated body parts. It is helpful for facial paralysis brought on by exposure to dry, cold weather, including paralysis of the right side of the face, tongue, pharynx, etc. It is also effective for vocal paralysis brought on by vocal cord weakness and for paralysis of deglutition muscles in the tongue, eyelids, face, bladder, and extremities.
LATHYRUSVery helpful for rheumatic paralysis, infantile paralysis, and paralysis that affects the lower extremities and is characterized by heaviness, significant weakness, and a slow process of nerve power recovery. There is a tendency for excessive rigidity of the legs with an inability to extend or cross legs while sitting.
ALUMINAWhen a patient’s legs feel so heavy that they are difficult to drag and are fatigued even while sitting, it is especially helpful for lower extremity paralysis that has a spinal origin.
DULCAMARA :The paralysis of the tongue and impaired speech are most commonly recommended when conditions are aggravated by cold, damp weather or by abrupt changes in temperature from hot to cold. Paresis and spinal cord hyperaemia from lying in cold, damp weather is also helpful.
CONIUM :Useful for trembling and loss of strength while walking with weakness of muscles of the face, upper lids, etc. Useful for paralysis caused by repressed sexual desire in widows, widowers, and bachelors. There are painless paralytic conditions. There is also paralytic weakness of the hips and legs resulting in difficult gait.
ARNICA: Helpful in controlling hemorrhage and aids absorption. There is a sore bruised feeling, everything on which the patient lies seems hard. Very useful for left sided paralysis, pulse full and strong, singing and muttering. Given in case of hemiplagia due to cerebral thrombosis in case of hypertension.
SILICEA :useful for paralysis caused by a nervous system that is not properly nourished and is therefore overly sensitive to nervous stimuli.
PLUMBUM MET :Patient has prominent wrist drop and is unable to lift objects with their hands due to paralysis of a single muscle, which usually starts in the extensors.
ZINCUM MET :helpful for descending paralysis that is slowly developing. Many people have unsteady gaits.
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