What's treatment for a spastic hemiplegia due to a tuberculous meningitis ?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- Hemiplegia, usually
a sequel of a brain injury, manifests as a number of physical, cognitive, and
behavioral effects:
§ Memory – Difficulty with encoding, storing, and retrieving
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My mom suffers from hemiplegia caused by a stroke 5 years ago, due to high blood pressure. Is a trip to Tokyo ok? since its over 16h flight?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- In principle, if the blood pressure is maintained under control (through diet, exercise, and medication), your mother is not on oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) or hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and... Read More
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What's tretment for a spastic hemiplegia due to a tuberculous meningitis dating from 2003?
Dr. Elie Salem,
Pediatrics
- Treatment is mostly physiotherapy. In USA they are doing partial rhizotomy for CP patients and it is quite promising
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