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Erb's Palsy, Synonyms: obstetric brachial plexus injury, neonatal brachial plexus injury What is Erb's palsy? Erb's palsy i...
Bell's Palsy, Book an appointment today to see what treatment options are available near you Book now Other conditions that may be confused wi...
Cerebral Palsy, It is most often a combination of spastic and athetoid cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy symptoms Cerebral palsy can range in severity from mil...
Cerebral Palsy, What is cerebral palsy? NICE defines cerebral palsy (CP) as 'an umbrella term that encompasses a group of permanent movement and posture disorders t...
Palsy - Non Cerebral, Bell’s palsy head/ear pain, will this ever go away??! I was diagnosed with bell’s palsy a week and a half ago, I am feeling better, and my face looks m...
Bulbar Palsy and Pseudobulbar Palsy (Symptoms and Treatment), What is bulbar palsy? Description Bulbar relates to the medulla. Bulbar palsy is the result of d...
Facial Nerve Palsy, Synonym: Bell's palsy (lower motor neurone facial palsy); idiopathic facial paralysis (IFP) Damage to the facial nerve - either upper motor ...
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Synonym: Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative syndrome which was first described in 19...
Protein S Deficiency, Both free and total protein S are measured by ELISA methods. Total protein S levels rise with age but free protein S levels are not affecte...
What you need to know about Bell's palsy, Until then, I had viewed the condition as little more than a curious anachronism from a bygone era, yet it remains by some distance the most comm...
There are two types of brachial plexus paralysis in neonates: the upper plexus injury is called Erb's palsy; the lower plexus injury is called Klumpke's palsy. In...
Facial palsy. Occasionally, phrenic nerve paresis. Erb's palsy [ 17 ] There is damage to the C5, C6 segments of the brachial plexus.
Look for evidence of traction birth injury (eg, Erb's palsy ) by checking the neck, shoulders and clavicles. Count the fingers and observe their shape; check for any evidence o...
Problems may also occur proximally as a result of fractures of the humerus at the junction of the middle and proximal thirds, as well as distally on the radial aspect of the wrist (radial nerve pa...
Traumatic injuries including fractures of the humerus, femur or clavicle, brachial plexus injury ( Erb-Duchenne palsy ). Prognosis Perinatal mortality is increased wit...
Birth injury eg, Erb's palsy (risk increased in a macrosomic baby who may go through a difficult delivery). Increased perinatal mortality.
Risk factors for aspiration pneumonia [ 3 ] In the absence of a tracheo-oesophageal fistula, significant aspiration usually occurs only during periods of impaired consciousness, with reflux oesoph...
Circumduction gait Excessive hip abduction as the leg swings forwards Typically seen with a leg length discrepancy, with a stiff/restricted joint movement as in JIA, or with unilateral spasti...
For example, it may happen in some people with muscular dystrophy , polio , cerebral palsy , or neurofibromatosis. Each of these conditions has other symptoms and problems in addition to a...
Central nervous system defects: learning difficulties (these may be as a result of deafness but there may be other structural problems such as hydrocephalus, Arnold-Chiari malformation, occipital ence...