Research Paper On Hemianaesthesia

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A sudden numbness or weakness can also be a sign that a sroke is occurring often one side of the body. A lack of muslce strength in any group of muscles, most commonly those on the face, hand, arm and leg on one side called hemiparesis . “About 80% of people who have had a stroke have some degree of trouble moving one side, or suffer from weakness on one side of their bodies.” (“Muscle Weakness”1). Some patients have difficulty in controlling movement such as walking, writing, or even picking up a fork. A loss of sensation or feling in any part of the body, numbness of the skin of the face, hand, arm, and leg on one side is called hemianaesthesia is most common. In a short segment a patient named Elisha who was 29 went she had a stroke

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