Case presentation We report a middle aged patient from urban Sri Lanka who developed diaphragmatic paralysis secondary to phrenic neuropathy a month after recovering from dengue fever. He was ...

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Plication of the diaphragm is performed for paralysis or eventration (abnormal elevation/shape) of the diaphragm which can result in breathing difficulties. Diaphragm paralysis is typically due to ...

I can cough by myself, and I have to get someone to help push my diaphragm. My hands don't ... It's so weird, because I'm paralyzed, but the parts of me that are paralyzed are still moving on ...