Paralysis is the loss of the ability to move some or all of your body. It can have lots of different causes, some of which can be serious. Depending on the cause, it may be temporary or permanent.
CAUSES
Main causes
Some of the main causes of paralysis are:
- Sudden weakness on one side of the face, with arm weakness or slurred speech – a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA or "mini-stroke")
- Sudden weakness on one side of the face, with earache or face pain – Bell's palsy, usually due to viral infection that attacks the nerves, others causes might be due to injury, tooth decay, chilling of the face, sometimes BP follows from a respiratory infection, they are more common among meat eaters.
- Temporary paralysis when waking up or falling asleep – sleep paralysis
- Paralysis after a serious accident or injury – a severe head injury or spinal cord (back) injury
- Weakness in the face, arms or legs that comes and goes – multiple sclerosis or, less commonly, myasthenia gravis or hypokalaemia periodic paralysis
OTHER CAUSES
Other causes of paralysis include:
- Gradual weakness on one side of the body – a brain tumour
- Gradual weakness in the legs – hereditary spastic paraplegia, Friedreich's ataxia or muscular dystrophy
- Gradual weakness in the arms and legs – motor neurone disease, spinal muscular atrophy or Lambert-Eaton mysathenic syndrome
- Paralysis in the legs that spreads to the arms and face over a few days or weeks – Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Paralysis from birth – cerebral palsy, spinal bifida or spinal muscular atrophy
- Paralysis that starts in the weeks, months or years after a tick bite – Lyme disease (be careful with domestic animals)
- paralysis that starts many years after a polio infection – post-polio syndrome
- Gradual weakness in parts of the face – a tumour on a nerve, melanoma skin cancer or head and neck cancer
Does stress cause paralysis?
Some individuals are more susceptible to periods of temporary paralysis after exposure to certain triggers, such as stress, trauma, or anxiety.
What are the types of paralysis?
- The face (Bell's palsy)
- The hands
- One arm or leg (monoplegia)
- One side of the body (hemiplegia)
- Both legs (paraplegia)
- Both arms and legs (tetraplegia or quadriplegia)
The affected part of your body may also be:
Stiff, with occasional muscle spasms, floppy, numb, painful or tingly
HOME REMEDY
Below are the ingredients necessary for the Decoction:
1. Drumstick: Leaves / Bark
2. Aak plant (Giant calotrope): Stem/ Flower
3. Turmeric Yellow / black
4. Arjun tree: Bark
5. Castor plant / Arandi: Leaves
6. Acorus calamus
7. Leucas Aspera
THINGS TO REMEMBER
Abide 8 Health laws
Always eat fresh food that is warm. Avoid cold food.
Avoid foods that are bitter, acidic, or pungent (esp. fermented food), salt (High BP)
Flaxseed oil 1 teaspoon a day also helps.
Vitamin C 3000 mg a day also helps.
Avoid very cold and very hot weather/climate
Nuts are very good options to include in your daily diet.
Consume sizable portions of carrot, beetroot, okra, mushroom, protein diet,s and asparagus, urad dal as a part of your daily diet
No IV on paralysed side
Change the position often
Affected area should face the wall while lying on bed
Don't lift/pull up the patient with the affected side
Over care should be avoid, let the patient try some basic things, to allow some movements on the body
Keep both hands clasped to activate movements by the affected hand
EXERCISE
Deep breathing is very essential
Do any types of exercise that suits the patient. Any exercise should not be done forcefully
Exercise done by lying down
Hip Up and down giving a support on the hip (attender)
Butterfly close /open knee
Leg flexion and extension
Lift the leg (attender) patient tries to press downward.
Leg stretches out towards the attender
Cycling the legs
Massage the toes never force a joints
EXERCISE BY SIITING
Hand stretch clockwise and anti clock wise.
Hands up and down
Lift both the hands ( holding together )
HYDROTHERAPY
Hot and cold fomentation on the spinal cord
Cold body wrap (Before this make let patient warm up by bathing)
Hot foot bath
Note: Hydrotherapy should be avoid in patient with extreme weakness, very high bp, blood sugar. (can be done under experience person)
Hydrotherapy should not be done on spinal bifida patient.
Most important thing to keep in mind, find out the causes and treat accordingly.
Fascial or Bell's paralysis Natural management:
1. Vitamin B12 supplement: Cyanocobalamin 1,000 mcg each day.
2. Make sure cold air doesn't hit the uncovered face
3. Apply warm wet cloth twice daily for 20 minutes at a time to relieve pain and tenderness
4. After which follow with gentle massage backward and upward castor oil alternately with the above mention massage oil
5. Fascial exercise: stand in front of a mirror and wrinkle the forehead, close the affected eye, purse the lips, move the mouth side to side, blow the mouth and also try to whistle
6. Charcoal poultice around the affect area at night until the problems clear out
7. Decoction or juice of drum stick leaves (Juice and be taken with pineapple to enhance the taste)
8. Align with the above instructions too
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