par·a·pros·ta·ti·tis (par'ă-pros'tă-tī'tis), Obsolete term for inflammation of the tissue around the prostate gland. [para- + L.prostata,prostate, +-itis,inflammation] Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Term for a group of diseases characterized by recurring episodes of muscular weakness or flaccid paralysis without loss of consciousness, speech, or sensation; attacks begin when the patient is at rest, and there is apparent good health between attacks. ...
Tingling, pain, or weakness in one or both legs. This discomfort becomes more severe after walking or standing for some duration. The medical term for this is neurogenic claudication, and it is very common when lumbar spinal stenosis is discovered. Often you will discover that leaning forward (...
PUVA, corticosteroids, antibiotics, methotrexate; short- and long-term remission may occur. Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved. PLEVA Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta Dermatology An idiopathic papulovesicular disease of acute onset more common in the...
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diplegia, affecting the same body region on both sides of the body (both arms, for example, or both sides of the face) hemiplegia, affecting one side of the body paraplegia, affecting both legs and the trunk quadriplegia, affecting all four limbs and the trunk Causes and symptoms Causes ...
Damage below T1, which lies at the base of the rib cage, causesparalysisand loss of sensation in the legs and trunk below the injury. Injury at this level usually does no damage to the arms and hands. Paralysis of the legs is called paraplegia. Damage above T1 involves the arms as well...
Paraplegia (paralyzed from the wait down) Quadriplegia (paralyzed in both the arms and legs) The paralysis attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, Injury Attorneys, including both a medical doctor and nurse, have substantial experience in handling paralysis cases. If you have been paralyzed as the resul...
Paraplegia30 (1992) 851-854 © 1992 International Medical Society of Paraplegia Correlation of bacteriological flora of the urethra, glans and perineum with organisms causing urinary tract infection in the spinal injured male patient D G Barnes FRCS,1,2 A G Timoney FRCS,1,2 G Moulas MB,l ...
paraplegia, quadriplegia, coronary heart disease, and bowel or bladder incontinence, and diseases involving disfiguring skin lesions or the feeling of “rotting away” as in cancer or gangrene, can all cause changes in body image. Body image is frequently disturbed in schizophrenia, and patients ...