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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Sometimes facial wrinkles look smoother on the affected side. Facial nerve paralysis is never something to be ignored. If you or someone else develops this problem, it’s crucial to get medical ...

Rest is recommended while waiting for symptoms to improve. Typically, the symptoms of Todd’s paralysis begin in the postictal state (the recovery phase) right after a seizure. They might affect one ...

Double outlet right ventricle surgery is a procedure that fixes a type of heart malformation ... Damage to the phrenic nerve. This can cause paralysis of the diaphragm, which can cause breathing ...

Loss of Motor Function: Since peripheral nerves control voluntary movements, damage to these nerves weakens the muscles, leading to progressive paralysis, which usually starts in the legs and spreads ...

Paralysis on one side of the body often announces itself through subtle changes before complete loss of movement occurs. People might notice a tingling sensation, weakness in their arm or leg ...

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Doctors said Landen escaped paralysis by a “millimeter’s difference”. But after several hours of delicate teamwork by Perth Children’s Hospital’s specialist neurosurgery and orthopedic ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD The term "smoker's lung" refers to lung damage caused by smoking cigarettes. Over ...

Key Findings Asthmatic patients had greatly reduced diaphragm TF levels than healthy controls (p < 0.0001). 62%–66% of right hemidiaphragm and 46%–54% of left hemidiaphragm cases had diaphragm ...