Paralysis cause:What is the treatment of paralysis attack?

What Is Paralysis?

According to brainandspineoftexas ,"Paralysis is the temporary or permanent inability to move some or all of one’s body, often due to nerve damage. The lack of control over a muscle or group of muscles is typically unrelated to an injury to that particular region. Instead, paralysis is likely the result of a problem within a chain of nerve cells responsible for relaying messages from the affected area to the brain. The spinal cord serves as the brain’s relay system, so paralysis often occurs when something in the spinal cord is injured or does not work. The majority of spinal cord injuries are incomplete, meaning some signals may still be relayed to the brain. In such instances, an individual may retain diminished sensations and movements. However, the condition’s severity may fluctuate unpredictably. Complete spinal cord injuries compress or sever the nerves entirely, rendering it impossible to relay signals to the brain. Paralysis can affect any part or area of the body. Paralysis specific to single body parts such as the face, hands, feet, or vocal cords is defined as localized, while generalized paralysis affects larger regions such as limbs or entire sides of the body.

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What causes paralysis?

According to  clevelandclinic,"Muscle movement is controlled by trigger signals relayed from the brain. When any part of the relay system — such as the brain, spinal cord, nerves, or junction between the nerve and the muscle — is damaged, the signals to move do not make it through to the muscles and paralysis results. There are many ways the relay system can be damaged.

A person can be born with paralysis due to a birth defect such as spina bifida, which occurs when the brain, spinal cord, and/or the covering that protects them do not form the right way. In most cases, people get paralysis as the result of an accident or a medical condition that affects the way muscles and nerves function. The most common causes of paralysis include:

✓Stroke

✓Spinal cord injury

✓Head injury

✓Multiple sclerosis

Some other causes include:

✓Cerebral palsy

✓Guillain-Barré syndrome

✓Peripheral neuropathy

✓Toxins/poisons

✓ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease)

Treatment for paralysis

According to practo,"Physical therapy is used to treat paralysis usually. Treatments such as heat massage, physiotherapy and exercise are done to stimulate the nerves and muscles. Functional Electrical stimulation is used in some cases to offer help to the patient."